We have to be better than the previous admin and certainly MUCH better than the one that was prevented from taking power. I reject it being an honest mistake. Flynn is not a rookie, his previous post was one that had the full weight and exposure to risks that his more recent post held. He knew the law, he's not the type to 'forget' and he took a bad gamble and now he and the Admin is paying for it.
To blame this, or mitigate it on the Left is to ignore his own responsibility. We voted these guys in, they owe US their best efforts. It's not for us to excuse fuck ups in the way the Dems did. No, I want a better Admin, I want one that doesn't play favorites - wasn't Obama's cover up of Holden's fuck ups enough? Further, when the DOJ, THEIR DOJ, informed the incoming admin of this... another error. Flynn should not have been allowed on board. I'm sure it would have hurt feelings, but they could have hugged it out and gotten on with it. Now the Admin has egg on its face and the Dems a notch on the belt and a new reference point for the future.
The future of this Admin lies in the mid-terms. Dumb fuck ups and cover ups or excuses is only ammo to the Dems and it's not as if they need facts to make an argument...