This would appear to have some bearing on your question
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6511/text
H.R.6511 - One President at a Time Act of 2016 114th Congress (2015-2016)
Introduced in House (12/08/2016) One President at a Time Act of 2016
This bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that the President-elect, or a person acting on behalf of the President-elect, is subject to the prohibition against unauthorized correspondence with a foreign government about a dispute or controversy with the United States. Congressional Bills 114th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6511 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6511
To amend section 953 of title 18, United States Code (commonly called the Logan Act) to clarify the application of that section to Presidents-elect.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 8, 2016
Mr. Huffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend section 953 of title 18, United States Code (commonly called the Logan Act) to clarify the application of that section to Presidents-elect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``One President at a Time Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. LOGAN ACT AMENDMENT.
Section 953 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end of the first paragraph the following: ``For the purposes of this section, a President-elect, or anyone acting on that President- elect's behalf, is subject to the prohibitions of this section.''. <all>
The Logan act has of course been central to Flynn's charges and now, Biden's leveraging of his position as "President Elect". But of course these laws would apply to the corporation. Not sure how a return to the Republic would rely on this statute. Interesting connection.
So the fact that they felt the need to amend or clarify The Logan Act would seem to imply that legally there can be only 1 President at a time. The distinction between the elect and the incumbent or the current holder of the office.
It seems strange that in 2016 they enact this law while at that time the Logan Act had never been used. They seem to anticipate events.
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