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Yosemito

(648 posts)
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 08:47 PM Feb 2019

Trump is guilty of obstruction, conspiracy and campaign finance violation (not treason)

Donald Trump is a criminal and he should be impeached and jailed.
He is also a traitor in the sense that everyone understand the term, except courts.

I see the legal treason claim here often, and that's why I want to clarify what kinds of crime Trump committed.

It's simple. The United States has not declared war on Russia.

Let me add that I think this is a stupid law, because countries can harm us without the presence of a war declaration.

But it is the law and Mueller will not accuse Trump of treason in my view.

Here are three non-conservative legal experts explaining:







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Trump is guilty of obstruction, conspiracy and campaign finance violation (not treason) (Original Post) Yosemito Feb 2019 OP
Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania Tetrachloride Feb 2019 #1
Ot May Not Be The Lrgal Definition Of Treason Me. Feb 2019 #2
If anyone in the history of the U. S. was guilty of Treason, Trump is even more so. triron Feb 2019 #3
The Rosenbergs were not executed for treason. Fun fact. harumph Feb 2019 #4

Tetrachloride

(9,633 posts)
1. Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 09:11 PM
Feb 2019

These states were the first big victims.

When control of any and all of these: the US government, elections, tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars, scientific integrity, the health and welfare of the US citizens, not to mention our international alliances such as NATO and other treaties ..

has been transferred to nations who are not our firm allies, this is what treason is.

When I have doubt on this, I can look upon the tombstones of my father and other veterans of WW II and Korea, and hear them shouting at the living.

harumph

(3,287 posts)
4. The Rosenbergs were not executed for treason. Fun fact.
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 11:14 PM
Feb 2019

They were convicted of espionage.

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