Jared Kushner just flagrantly violating the Logan Act multiple times. Will anything come of it? Doubtful.
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International diplomacy without being an elected official or appointed by one is not protected speech. Using overly reductive language to make it sound like a campaign stop won’t change that.
The SCOTUS has made pretty clear that all speech is protected unless it falls into one of these categories:
- Incitement
- Obscenity
- Defamation
- Fraud
- Illegal advertising
- Fighting words
- Threats
- CSAM
“International diplomacy” isn’t among the exceptions, and therefore it’s protected.
Fraud certainly applies here.
Fraud requires deception. How does that apply here?
Conspiracy to defraud the state department and/or president
Again, defrauding means using deception. How does that apply here?
