ition ▁legal ▁process . ▁ ▁F lyn n ▁sat ▁in ▁on ▁class ified ▁national ▁security ▁brief ings ▁with ▁then - c andid ate ▁Trump ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁that ▁F lyn n ▁was ▁working ▁for ▁foreign ▁clients , ▁which ▁ra ises ▁eth ical ▁concerns ▁and ▁conflicts ▁of ▁interest . ▁F lyn n ▁was ▁paid ▁at ▁least ▁$ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁a ▁consult ant ▁to ▁a ▁U . S .- Russ ian ▁project ▁to ▁build ▁ 4 0 ▁nuclear ▁react ors ▁across ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁which ▁F lyn n ' s ▁failure ▁to ▁disc lose ▁was ▁flag ged ▁by ▁Representatives ▁E lij ah ▁C umm ings ▁and ▁Eli ot ▁Engel ▁as ▁a ▁possible ▁viol ation ▁of ▁federal ▁law . ▁ ▁Att endance ▁at ▁R T ▁g ala ▁dinner ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁F lyn n ▁attended ▁a ▁g ala ▁dinner ▁in ▁Moscow ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁R T ▁( former ly ▁" Russ ia ▁Today "), ▁a ▁Russian ▁government - owned ▁English - language ▁media ▁out let , ▁on ▁which ▁he ▁made ▁semi - regular ▁appearances ▁as ▁an ▁anal yst ▁after ▁he ▁retired ▁from ▁U . S . ▁government ▁service . ▁ ▁F lyn n ▁sat ▁next ▁to ▁Russian ▁President ▁Vladimir ▁Put in ▁at ▁the ▁dinner , ▁leading ▁journalist ▁Michael ▁Crow ley ▁of ▁Polit ico ▁to ▁report ▁that ▁" at ▁a ▁moment ▁of ▁semi - host ility ▁between ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁Russia , ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁such