Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) offered a stunning reaction on Tuesday to
new reporting that
Donald Trump maintained a relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin after departing the White House.
At a campaign stop in Detroit, a reporter asked the GOP’s vice presidential nominee about Bob Woodward’s reporting in his new book that Trump has had as many as seven calls with the authoritarian leader since he left office.
“Even if it’s true, look, is there something wrong with speaking to world leaders? No. Is there anything wrong with engaging in diplomacy?”
yes, there is, actually.
Under the Logan Act, a federal law, private citizens may not engage in unauthorized diplomacy with foreign governments.
“What a grotesque defense. Actually, a former president secretly speaking to a war criminal, an adversary of the US, leader of a terrorist state, is wildly wrong,”
How many classified documents went to Vlad?