Jail time in order for Republican senators

Jail time in order for Republican senators

I wish I could say that I was shocked by the actions of 47 Republican Senators, who signed a letter to the leaders of Iran. But, I'm not shocked. The Republican Party has gone off the rails. They are in some very strange place. It's a place where being loyal to our own country no longer matters.

These 47 Republican Senators, led by a freshman Tea Party senator, have done something never done before in the history of our country. They are guilty of breaking a federal law that prohibits anyone from interfering with our government's foreign policy. The law they have broken is the Logan Act. It's been on the books for a very long time. Some say others have broken this law, too. This claim does not hold up when you examine the record.

Others have not broken this law. Some point to former speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and say that she broke the law when she visited Syria in 2007 and met with their leader Assad. But she cleared that visit with the George W. Bush White House. She was briefed on what to say while she was there by the Bush White House. So, Pelosi was not disloyal to our country or to the sitting president.

What these Republican Senators have done is both disloyal to our president and our country and it's most likely a violation of the Logan Act.

Our own Mark Kirk is one of these Republicans. All of them should be arrested, charged with breaking the law and tried in a United States court of law, and if found guilty, they should be sentenced to the maximum time of three years in prison and fined the maximum amount. What they have done is a disgrace to our nation.

Bill Sarto

Carpentersville