Or, more like, I'm working at the top of a political campaign of the biggest political race in the world, as the vast underdog, against not only the world class opponent, but also their media arm (mainstream media), plus half of the party I have to run under to even have chance of winning, but who don't want me to win at all, and I get the opportunity to get what is easily acquired information that I myself didn't have to dig up with my limited political resources. Do I take that meeting? You betcha. When I'm there if I'm put into a position to do ask someone to do something illegal (Team Clinton has that, they just have their 3rd party plausible deniability folks handle that), or compromising to the nation I represent, do I go through with that? Not if I have any scruples. Did Team Trump at this meeting? Who knows. Would Team Clintons cutout? Undoubtably, we know they're political animals.
OMG Russia! Wolverines! But, if Team Trump didn't ask them to obtain it illegally, and the Russians had either already done so illegally, or, by someone else who did, how is that Team Trumps problem?
I don't think it's someones job working for the US Gov to decide to leak info on, well, anything. I don't need Gov workers deciding to be political players, that's not what we pay them for. If they want to do that, quit their day job, and go be a Whore-Political. But, dirt is dirt, if Flynn did something wrong, so be it. Just to be clear though, Flynn going to some interview and accepting money for it...doesn't really strike me as wrong. Black Lives Matter could pay me to do an interview on Clinton News Network and it's not going to change the fact that if I'm a connected guy I'm not going to do them any favors. They want to pay me to get my perspective, fine. Now, a certain ME country making a few million birthday donation to the Clinton Foundation for a certain persons birthday...that might raise a few flags with me. Not the mainstream media mind you, that is OMG Russia!, but with me, yeah, probably not going to sit well...