How the Logan Act Discredits the Leaks Against Michael Flynn

In the latest issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, I have a piece on the problems of a media almost totally reliant on anonymous leaks to cover the Trump administration. This is obviously a huge part of the scandal surrounding Michael Flynn’s resignation. As I note in the piece, “it’s remarkable to consider that when Flynn resigned there had yet to be a single named source making a verifiable accusation of his doing anything illicit,” despite a tremendous amount of innuendo. And it’s a big problem because you don’t know what the motivations of the anonymous leakers are.

Along these lines, there is a very curious detail that keeps popping up around the anonymous leaks attempting to discredit Michael Flynn.