If what we have learned

[Maine Abu El Banat]

Isn't treason WTF is. Why even have a treason law on the books!

[gab13by13]

1. Without proving that Russia was involved

with Trump in the coup it has to be sedition.

It sure does feel like treason to me also.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

2. Yes, you can argue that in trumps case

But Michael Flynn is a slam dunk treason conviction. He's where the foreign goverment comes in.

[brush]

4. For it to be treason we'd have to be at war...

otherwise it's sedition.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

6. I think this fits

"Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance.[ Congress] This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government,[ this is what Jan 6 was all about] spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state[ Mike Pence].

[brush]

8. Agreed. What trump and his cabal did is more serious than sedition...

as they tried to overthrow the government.

[H2O Man]

7. Right.

It is treason in the common usage of the word, but not by the legal definition in the Constitution.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

9. You are right!

I looked into it further, also found the penalties for treason are 5ys ,$10,000 fine. I thought it was quite a bit more severe.

[inthewind21]

5. Well

Because treason is quite specific. What "books" might one find the treason law?