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Showing Original Post only (View all)IS DONALD TRUMP A TRAITOR? [View all]
IS DONALD TRUMP A TRAITOR?James Risen
February 16 2018
Trump and Russia
Part 1
Americans must live with the uncertainty of not knowing whether Trump has the best interests of the United States or those of Russia at heart.
PART 2 IS COMING SOON
One year after Trump took office, it is still unclear whether the president of the United States is an agent of a foreign power. Just step back and think about that for a moment.
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Most pundits in Washington now recoil at any suggestion that the Trump-Russia story is really about treason. They all want to say its about something else what, they arent quite sure. They are afraid to use serious words. They are in the business of breaking down the Trump-Russia narrative into a long series of bite-sized, incremental stories in which the gravity of the overall case often gets lost. They seem to think that treason is too much of a conversation-stopper, that it interrupts the flow of cable television and Twitter. God forbid you might upset the right wing! (And the left wing, for that matter.)
But if a presidential candidate or his lieutenants secretly work with a foreign government that is a longtime adversary of the United States to manipulate and then win a presidential election, that is almost a textbook definition of treason.
In Article 3, Section 3, the U.S. Constitution states that treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
Based on that provision in the Constitution, U.S. law 18 U.S. Code § 2381 states that [w]hoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere is guilty of treason. Those found guilty of this high crime shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
https://theintercept.com/2018/02/16/trump-russia-election-hacking-investigation/
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He praises Putin while trashing America. He won't enforce the Russian Sanctions.
Doodley
Feb 2018
#11
I keep hearing on cable news tonight that the US was indeed under a cyber "attack"
world wide wally
Feb 2018
#26
Thank you for that revivification of the lazy reporters relying on the CW, groupthink, herd
Gabi Hayes
Feb 2018
#36