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You do not understand the legal definition of entrapment. Did VP Pence force Flynn to lie as well?
The principle I addressed is the same, whether or not one calls it "entrapment," "perjury trap," or "false statement trap."
A perjury trap occurs when the facts are known to prosecutors and investigators and the only purpose of the interview is to catch the subject in a lie. This was a false statement trap since Flynn was not under oath, but the principle is the same. In fact, this was worse than the classic perjury trap, because in a perjury trap a legitimate investigation is underway. That was not the case here.
Flynn was penalized for lying to one of his bosses, but that's a thing apart from a law enforcement branch conspiring to set someone up for political reasons.