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jmowreader

(50,552 posts)

22. Treason is extremely hard to prosecute

Reply to tanyev (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 12, 2019, 10:05 PM

Jan 2019

Let's go with Espionage instead. That's what they got all the 1980s spies on, and it comes with pretty much any sentence short of standing him up against the wall that you'd like to impose.

Besides...can you imagine the shock and horror from him when he finds out part of the inprocessing procedure at any federal prison worthy of the name includes a crewcut?

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Saturday night *BOOM* -WaPo - Trump has concealed details from Putin talks fom Senior Officials. [View all] underpants Jan 2019 OP

I know this was discussed/speculated about quite a bit BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #1

Democrats should subpoena the interpreters ASAP before they "forget" dalton99a Jan 2019 #2

Right? 2naSalit Jan 2019 #3

I hope the interpreters had the wherewithal to do a write up in a journal.. SallyHemmings Jan 2019 #5

Treasonous Trump Hides Details Of Putin Meetings From His Own Government Gothmog Jan 2019 #24

No privilege Gothmog Jan 2019 #35

This is just more evidence coming out that certifies the FBI investigation as very valid. kentuck Jan 2019 #4

I'd say most likely they both had these underpants Jan 2019 #8

Vladity? czarjak Jan 2019 #9

... orangecrush Jan 2019 #21

Acute Involuntary Reality Syndrome. WheelWalker Jan 2019 #32

Sure looks, well, guilty... dawg day Jan 2019 #6

So, um, what is the current punishment for a treason conviction? tanyev Jan 2019 #7

It depends on how many other charges there are. colorado_ufo Jan 2019 #10

In a prison in Mexico Poiuyt Jan 2019 #11

And Mexico WOULD pay for that n/t hibbing Jan 2019 #14

I bet former president Vicente Fox would get Ilsa Jan 2019 #15

Willingly! Poiuyt Jan 2019 #17

Check out US code blow. Yes, may be capital offense. triron Jan 2019 #16

Treason is extremely hard to prosecute jmowreader Jan 2019 #22

crewcut? pangaia Jan 2019 #27

Can the interpreters be forced to testify about what was said? Poiuyt Jan 2019 #12

Yes, there is no privilege Gothmog Jan 2019 #25

I just read this article 5 min ago and wondered that myself. BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #30

Dupe. Please see MBS's post. underpants Jan 2019 #13

Holy Shit! Pepsidog Jan 2019 #18

Destroying records Maru Kitteh Jan 2019 #19

Treason! Military Tribunal! nt TwistOneUp Jan 2019 #20

Trump swore interpreter to secrecy after Putin meeting and took away notes: Gothmog Jan 2019 #23

We knew this when it happened. pangaia Jan 2019 #26

Trump on Jeanine Pirro now mchill Jan 2019 #28

Last refuge underpants Jan 2019 #29

IF HIS ASS DON'T FRY I SWEAR I WILL LEAVE THIS COUNTRY...... a kennedy Jan 2019 #31

This is amusing Gothmog Jan 2019 #33

Putin walked out of that meeting with a fistful of handwritten notes. Dave Starsky Jan 2019 #34