Analysis: 2 reasons Trump’s John Kerry-Logan Act riff was problematic
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 9 at 2:08 PM President Trump on Thursday accused former secretary of state John F. Kerry of violating the Logan Act, a relatively obscure and seldom-enforced centuries-old law that prohibits private citizens from conducting diplomacy.The first is because Trump suggested he had run the idea up the flagpole.
Trump trailed off when he started to talk about what his “people” thought of the idea of prosecuting Kerry, making it sound as if he had broached the topic with somebody. That’s important, because it suggests he may have floated the idea of prosecuting yet another of his political adversaries. BARR: Yes, but I’m trying to grapple with the word “suggest.” I mean, there have been discussion of, of matters out there that they’ve not asked me open an investigation, but ...BARR: I don't know. Trump never said he proposed the idea to Barr or anyone else specifically, but it’s worth asking who might have been involved in such conversations.
The Logan Act says you can’t contact foreign governments or their representatives “with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States.”
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