Accepting money for speeches from a foreign news network (RT) or foreign lobby group or think tank may be construed by liberals as “ taking money from a foreign government” - there is a legal distinction
One might also ask how many retired military and govt officials are working for multinational or foreign sources as consultants lobbyists or whatever
If a Lockheed consultant is being paid by Lockheed on a contract funded by Saudi Arabia - who is he accepting money from? This is rampant and common and long accepted practice in Flynn's world
The bigger issue is how many serving voting politicians are taking foreign
money or gray money raised offshore like Soros - who makes major donations to the The McCain Foundation which also gets Saudi money
All political donations have to ANONYMOUS. You can't sell influence if you don't know who is buying. Americans should be allowed to donate to any candidate or party, in any amount they wish; that is FREEDOM. But a result in exchange for a donation is BRIBERY, a crime. Lock 'em both up.