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Trump called Putin 7 times since leaving office in violation of Logan Act (www.axios.com)

submitted 1 week ago by btaf45@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

For those of us ignorant of the Logan act:

The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799) is a United States federal law that criminalizes the negotiation of a dispute between the United States and a foreign government by an unauthorized American citizen. The intent behind the Act is to prevent unauthorized negotiations from undermining the government's position.

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like what Regan did when Carter was president.

[–] AllYourSmurf@midwest.social 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or what Nixon did while LBJ was president.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Starting to think that Republicans don't follow the rules