No “might” about it.
18 U.S. Code § 953:
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.
Is a Senator without the authority of the United States? Isn’t it this just a kind of constituent service? I don’t like what Van Hollen did, but I don’t want to encourage an interpretation of the Logan Act that we won’t like when the shoe is on the other foot.
So charge him with it and even if it goes nowhere, make him sweat it out.
And the rest of the dems.
If a republican did this, the democrats would call it *insurrection*. That sword cuts both ways.