Mueller report makes clear the Logan Act is dead

Published April 18, 2019 7:13pm ET



Volume One, pages 167-173 of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report shows that the Logan Act is dead law.

The Logan Act governs unlawful interactions by U.S. citizens with foreign governments. It says that “Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, 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, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”

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