What was Trump so afraid of? Flynn may finally tell us.

It’s a truism of Washington scandals that it’s not the initial actions that lead to legal disaster, but the attempt to cover them up. It’s possible that is the case with Friday’s indictment of former national security adviser Michael Flynn — and in the broader investigation of the Trump team’s contacts with Russia. But there is much we still do not know.

This sweater has been unraveling from a thin initial thread. When I reported on Jan. 12 the phone calls between Flynn and then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak on Dec. 29 — which were at the center of Friday’s indictment and guilty plea — the propriety of Flynn’s actions was a matter of legitimate debate.