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Meeting with the Russian ambassador can indeed be a crime under the Logan Act. Private citizens don't get to make foreign policy, and none of Trump's team was
by auntienomen 8y ago
Meeting with the Russian ambassador can indeed be a crime under the Logan Act. Private citizens don't get to make foreign policy, and none of Trump's team was in office at that point.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 8y agoI suggest you read up on the Logan Act and the accusations that have been made under it previously. It's from 1799 and far too general. There's been many instances that technically fall under it. It's not just private citizens, it's unauthorized persons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act#Accusations_of_violations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act#Accusations_of_viola...
- zaroth 8y agoTell that to John Kerry! Transitions teams do this every single time, as an absolute necessity. It would be asinine to hand over the reigns of power as a cold start. The Logan Act nonsense is a perfect example of the media’s abject failure. Then when Kerry went to Iran to actively controvene and usurp Trump’s policies — where was the media citing the Logan act then?