Mediaite reports:
Former President Donald Trump revealed via a statement sent Thursday morning that Ric Grenell is currently visiting the Kosovo-Serbia border to highlight a peace agreement brokered under his administration.
“Today, my Envoy Ambassador Ric Grenell visited the Kosovo-Serbia border to highlight this important agreement,” Trump wrote via his Save America PAC, revealing that he has an Envoy Ambassador, in what some may see as a naked play to stay relevant in the current political climate.
Read the full article. At this writing “Logan Act” and “Envoy Ambassador” are both trending on Twitter. The C-SPAN clip below is from 2020.
Trump Sends Ric Grenell to Conduct Foreign Policy as His ‘Envoy Ambassador’ to Kosovo-Serbia Border https://t.co/QLH0ius78Z
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) November 11, 2021
Lots of people skipping to the “but norms!” discussion and ignoring that “envoy ambassador” is a hilarious nonsense phrase, like “police cop” or “music singer.” https://t.co/em52c4Dgni
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) November 11, 2021
“Envoy ambassador” is what a Will Ferrell character panics and says his job is in a movie where he’s playing a spy and gets caught.
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) November 11, 2021
Grenell helped spread Trump’s election lies after he lost which directly led to Jan 6.
As a former State Department employee, he knew better but did it anyway. https://t.co/DrObBUJPt3
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) November 11, 2021
Richard Grenell: “I’m just going to talk about Kosovo-Serbia. I don’t know if you can find it on a map…you might be too young…maybe it’s too complicated an issue for you all.”@jeffmason1: “I don’t think any of us came here for a lecture about our questioning.” pic.twitter.com/8nXKyCNv3J
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 4, 2020
Trump and Grenell appear to be violating the Logan Act. Also, Trump is running his own shadow government. https://t.co/nydPmuaQ1o
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) November 11, 2021