Did Senate Republican Commit a Crime?

I won't be labor the issue any more today other than to lay out this provision of the United States Code:

18 U.S. Code § 953 - Private correspondence with foreign governments.

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. 

 It looks like the Justice Department needs to be drawing up criminal indictments against 47 Republicans.