News reports indicate Elon Musk spoke directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to propositions for ending the war in Ukraine, primarily by suggesting that Ukraine surrender. Musk should be investigated and, if sufficient evidence found, indicted for violation of the Logan Act.
18 U.S. Code § 953 states:
“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.”
It is far past time that the laws of the United States be applied equally to the rich and the poor, the powerful and the powerless.
