Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s, D-Md., sudden trip to El Salvador to try to free deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia is getting the attention of critics who believe the Maryland Democrat may have violated a 1799 law prohibiting unauthorized diplomacy.The Logan Act – named for former Pennsylvania Sen. George Logan – stipulates a fine and/or imprisonment for Americans corresponding with foreign officials "with intent to influence the measures … in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States."Logan met with French diplomat Charles de Talleyrand after Paris rebuffed President John Adams,






























