Jared Kushner just flagrantly violating the Logan Act multiple times. Will anything come of it? Doubtful.

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    Oh so you lied earlier then.

    Manson’s gun was used in the Tate murders, which is more than enough. But even giving the others a place to stay can be enough.

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      No, I didn’t. I’ll walk you through it again.

      (a) Manson convinced people to join his murder plan. But he didn’t just convince people, he also

      (b) Took a concrete step to actualize his plan

      When (a) and (b) are both present, that’s a conspiracy

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        Yeah I get what you’re saying now. The gun and the place to stay aren’t enough on their own. That’s not what you said earlier. Likewise trying to conduct diplomacy as a private citizen is both A and B. The conspiracy to interfere with the elected will of the people and actually doing so.

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          “Interfering with the elected will” is not a crime.

          If it were, all protests would be illegal.

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              That’s like saying “homosexuality is a crime in Texas, because a law against it exists”.

              If nobody will enforce a law that’s obviously unconstitutional, then that law de facto does not exist.

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                  No, but that would explain why literally no prosecutor has enforced this law in over 150 years.