Stop talking about the Logan Act.It was not the violation of this antique and ignored piece of anti-Jacobin legislation that has touched off the biggest foreign-policy scandal since Watergate.Nobody would care if an incoming national security adviser had confidential conversations with an ambassador of a hostile foreign government before Inauguration Day, if it were believed that the conversations served a legitimate and disinterested public purpose.But that is exactly what is doubted in this case.To put the story in simplest terms:1) Russian spies hacked Democratic Party communications in order to help elect Donald Trump.2) Donald Trump welcomed the help, used it, …read more
Source: The Atlantic
