The live audience at "The View" erupted in cheers on Friday after host Joy Behar read the news of Michael Flynn’s guilty plea to charges of lying to FBI agents.

Behar was handed the breaking news live on-air and read the memo aloud, pausing to gasp and turn to the audience.

“ABC’s Brian Ross is reporting, Michael Flynn promised full cooperation to the Mueller team,” she read, “and is prepared to testify that as a candidate, Donald Trump directed him to make contact with the Russians. Yes!”

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Behar then tossed the memo into the air, clapped and shouted “yay,” as the audience cheered.

Flynn, President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's first national security adviser, is reportedly now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation of Russian interference in last year's election. He is the first official who held a formal White House role to be brought down by the probe.

Behar has been a frequent critic of Trump, though other panelists, such as Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainBiden's six best bets in 2016 Trump states Replacing Justice Ginsburg could depend on Arizona's next senator The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy MORE’s (R-Ariz.) daughter, Meghan, and CNN contributor and former Jeb Bush staffer Ana Navarro, often challenge her on political issues.