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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.

  • acargitz
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    1126 days ago

    Harris needs to bring this up in the debate. Have him confess to breaking the Logan Act on live TV. Show us those prosecutor chops!

  • Che Banana
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    said PBS’s Judy Woodruff Monday night. “So, I don’t know where—who knows whether that will come about or not…

    LoL, it’s Trump…nothing will happen to his cheesburder ass

    • @WHARRGARBL@beehaw.org
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      26 days ago

      IIRC, he was caught withholding congressionally allocated money from Ukraine in order to extort them into an investigation on Hunter Biden, in the hope it would impact the 2020 election. And I don’t recall any repercussions.

      • Gormadt
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        He technically did get impeached for that, he didn’t get removed from office (which is infuriating) but it was one of his impeachments.

        He definitely should have faced more though

  • @floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    27 days ago

    Continuing the old Republican tradition of prolonging wars and crises, no matter how many people suffer or die, to make their opponent look bad in an election. Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks to prolong the war and defeat Johnson; Reagan is said to have sabotaged talks with Iran to prevent American hostages being released, in order to defeat Carter.

  • @Hirom@beehaw.org
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    2427 days ago

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

    • @kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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      726 days 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
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        325 days 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.