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Kerry Meeting With Iran to Salvage Nuke Deal With Rogue Diplomacy
Free Beacan ^ | September 12, 2018 | Adam Kredo

Posted on 09/12/2018 10:39:18 AM PDT by Reno89519

Former Secretary of State John Kerry disclosed that he has been conducting rogue diplomacy with top Iranian officials to salvage the landmark nuclear deal and push the Islamic Republic to negotiate its contested missile program, according to recent remarks.

Kerry, in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt to promote his new book, said that he has met with Iranian Former Minister Javad Zarif—the former secretary's onetime negotiating partner—three or four times in recent months behind the Trump administration's back.

"I think I've seen him three or four times," Kerry said, adding that he has been conducting sensitive diplomacy without the current administration's authorization. Kerry said he has criticized the current administration in these discussions, chiding it for not pursuing negotiations from Iran, despite the country's fevered rhetoric about the U.S. president.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; iran; iraniannukes; johnkerry; kerryirandeal; loganact; soskerry; traitor; trumpirandeal
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Logan Act anyone?

The Logan Act, 18 U.S.C. §953, is an old but rarely-invoked federal statute prohibiting unauthorized private diplomacy with foreign nations. The Act provides:

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 or of any officer or agent thereof, 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.

The key elements thus are (1) a communication with a foreign government; (2) without authority of the United States; (3) for the purpose of influencing the actions of the foreign government in relation to a dispute with the United States or of defeating U.S. policy.

Read more at: https://fedsoc.org/commentary/blog-posts/the-logan-act-an-introduction

FORMER Secretary of State John Kerry needs to be investigated and prosecuted. If the DOJ/FBI cannot do it fairly then appoint a special counsel!

1 posted on 09/12/2018 10:39:18 AM PDT by Reno89519
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To: Reno89519

Same treasonous behavior he has gotten away with since he worked for the Viet Cong.


2 posted on 09/12/2018 10:40:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Reno89519

Kerry is 100% pure rear hole.


3 posted on 09/12/2018 10:42:34 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: BenLurkin

Uhmmmmm......Arrest him. Hang him.


4 posted on 09/12/2018 10:43:41 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: Reno89519

What’s in it for him? Points for a run in 2020?


5 posted on 09/12/2018 10:44:33 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: BenLurkin

Arrest the POS!


6 posted on 09/12/2018 10:44:34 AM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: Reno89519

Uh, isn’t THIS collusion?


7 posted on 09/12/2018 10:44:58 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Reno89519

Lurch needs a stint in a federal prison.


8 posted on 09/12/2018 10:45:35 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: Reno89519

Paging AG Sessions...


9 posted on 09/12/2018 10:46:16 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Reno89519

I agree. If there was ever a case for the Logan Act this is it.


10 posted on 09/12/2018 10:46:45 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Reno89519

President Trump- remove his security clearances immediately as he is a demonstrated threat to our national security. NOW!


11 posted on 09/12/2018 10:47:52 AM PDT by son of terrence
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To: Reno89519

Illegal? Almost certainly. But Sessions isn’t going to “politicize“ his office, so Kerry can boldly flaunt his deeds.


12 posted on 09/12/2018 10:48:09 AM PDT by robel
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To: Parley Baer

Do you even need evidence when he bragged about it on a national radio show?


13 posted on 09/12/2018 10:48:18 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Reno89519

The USA’s FORMER Secretary of State is meeting with Iran’s FORMER Minister.
Did they meet at the “HAS-BEEN CLUB”?


14 posted on 09/12/2018 10:48:41 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: Reno89519

If he were a decent human being instead of the turd he is, he would be in Iran trying to see what he can do to help those fighting the regime.(The Greens).


15 posted on 09/12/2018 10:48:47 AM PDT by Pirate Ragnar
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To: Reno89519

so Kerry is working with Iran , arrest him now


16 posted on 09/12/2018 10:48:56 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Reno89519

Someone needs to put this piece of sh*t behind bars where he belongs


17 posted on 09/12/2018 10:50:12 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Army Air Corps

Collusion doesn’t matter to Dems as long as THEY are the ones doing it


18 posted on 09/12/2018 10:50:36 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Reno89519

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Just arrest the bastard now!
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19 posted on 09/12/2018 10:51:18 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Reno89519

If someone leaked his military records he would take his yacht and leave.


20 posted on 09/12/2018 10:51:37 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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