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If reports are true, it would be a violation of the Logan Act.

“The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the Prime Minister of Israel, urging him not to cut a deal right now, because it’s believed that would help the Harris campaign,” said PBS’s Judy Woodruff Monday night. “So, I don’t know where—who knows whether that will come about or not, but I have to think that the Harris campaign would like for President Biden to do what presidents do, and that’s to work on that one.”

Woodruff clarified on Wednesday that the anecdote was not based on her original reporting, but rather on an an Axios story last week that cited two U.S. sources as claiming that Trump and Netanyahu had spoken on the phone about cease-fire and Gaza hostage talks. Netanyahu’s office and Trump both separately denied the report.

“I did encourage him to get this over with. You want to get it over with fast. Have victory, get your victory, and get it over with. It has to stop, the killing has to stop,” Trump said at a New Jersey press conference on Thursday, referring to their meeting at Mar-a-Lago last month. But he also criticized cease-fire demands.

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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was rumored that the same violation of the Logan act occurred with Reagan

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Rumoured? Iran-Contra was well publicised and accepted as fact.

[–] AckPhttt@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's being discussed for Reagan is the " October Surprise" (not Iran-Contra, a different scandal).

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, my bad,I thought they were linked (in the sense that the weapons from Iran Contra were promised in exchange for the hostages), but I guess they were seperate.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

Iran-Contra was about the sale of weapons to Iran during Reagan's second term, not violating the Logan act before his administration.