If libs continue this, then we need to bring up the fact that Teddy the Swimmer, while he was a Senator, and John Kerry, negotiated their own positions with the North Vietnamese during the Paris peace talks at the end of the Vietnam war. After all, Kerry was a private citizen, at the time, just like Mike Flynn was when he was speaking the Russian Foreign Minister, after all, he wasn’t a Cabinet member at the time.
I’ not so sure about Kerry having Ben a private citizen back then. I haven’t reviewed the time line since ‘04, but IIRC his treason started before he mustered out officially. In any case he still deserves to share hemp with Hanoi Jane!