Trump’s Latest Scheme to Beat Harris May Have Crossed Legal Lines
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Donald Trump is reportedly advising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which would be a violation of the Logan Act.

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If reports are true, it would be a violation of the Logan Act.

“The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the Prime Minister of Israel, urging him not to cut a deal right now, because it’s believed that would help the Harris campaign,” said PBS’s Judy Woodruff Monday night. “So, I don’t know where—who knows whether that will come about or not, but I have to think that the Harris campaign would like for President Biden to do what presidents do, and that’s to work on that one.”

Woodruff clarified on Wednesday that the anecdote was not based on her original reporting, but rather on an an Axios story last week that cited two U.S. sources as claiming that Trump and Netanyahu had spoken on the phone about cease-fire and Gaza hostage talks. Netanyahu’s office and Trump both separately denied the report.

“I did encourage him to get this over with. You want to get it over with fast. Have victory, get your victory, and get it over with. It has to stop, the killing has to stop,” Trump said at a New Jersey press conference on Thursday, referring to their meeting at Mar-a-Lago last month. But he also criticized cease-fire demands.

  • Hirom@beehaw.org
    33·
    4 months ago

    If that happened, I sincerely hope there is proof, and that it’s on its way to a capable prosecutor.

      • Hirom@beehaw.org
        27·
        4 months ago

        No need to look very far. The answer is within the subheading of the article being discussed here. You don’t even need to click the link nor to read the article, since tartigrada included this information in the quote that’s part of this post’s text:

        Donald Trump is reportedly advising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which would be a violation of the Logan Act.

      • tardigrada@beehaw.orgOP
        24·
        4 months ago

        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.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      If that happened, I sincerely hope there is proof, and that it’s on its way to a capable prosecutor.

      Preferably before November.

      • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
        4·
        4 months ago

        When Trump left office he took classified documents with him which was illegal. Like he possessed something it was illegal to possess. it’s over three years later and the prosecution is still underway.

        So it’s very doubtful that a crime he just committed will be prosecuted before November. Though it will be prosecuted at a future date, if people go out and vote to keep him from being President again.