Former Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry, who has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, has come under scrutiny from conservatives for his relationship with Iran.
The Massachusetts Democrat told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt that he has been communicating with Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about the nuclear deal he helped negotiate under President Barack Obama in an interview that aired last week.
Trump responded by tweeting that Kerry’s “illegal meetings” would “undercut our great work.”
In a news conference the following day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Kerry’s “unseemly and unprecedented” conversations were “literally unheard-of.”
Now Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is getting in on the act. The Florida Republican asked the Department of Justice to investigate Kerry’s actions on Tuesday.
Rubio retweeted Fox & Friends on Thursday morning to argue that Kerry had violated the Logan Act, which forbids private citizens from having “any correspondence” with foreign governments.
