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When asked about Iran during Saturday’s Task Force press conference, President Trump said after he pulled out of the awful Iran sea (my description), he would have been able to negotiate a new deal with the Iranians, if former Secretary of State Kerry hadn’t violated the Logan Act
And I say he violated the Logan Act. I think it was a major violation. I think we would have had a deal if it wasn’t for John Kerry. But he doesn’t want to be, number one, embarrassed. Number two, he said, “Let’s wait until after the election. Maybe Sleepy Joe Biden is going to win. And if Sleepy Joe Biden wins, you’ll own the United States.”
The Logan Act is an 18th-century law meant to crack down on unauthorized Americans acting on behalf of the United States during a dispute with foreign governments. It prohibits U.S. citizens from having private correspondence with a foreign government “with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government . . . in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States.”