Leader of the Banned
Beach Fanatic
A delegation of Democratic senators reportedly led by Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) held a secret powwow with Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference, where Pompeo was an official speaker.
The meeting was not officially sanctioned by the U.S. government and appears to have been held in secret to avoid media scrutiny. State Department officials have been clear that they did not play any role in facilitating the meeting or backing it.
Pompeo Slam Democrats for Secret Meeting with Top Iranian Official
Collusion?
The Logan Act addresses citizens of the United States who act without the authority of the United States. It doesn't say anything about them needing State Department or Presidential approval. If it's a bunch of Senators, that might very well constitute "authority of the United States". Mr Logan was a state legislator who went abroad as a private citizen to negotiate with France, so that's a whole different ballgame. I doubt that anyone in the state department has the authority to tell Senators what they can and can't do, particularly since Trump has done everything possible to weaken it.
Logan Act
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.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.


