February 17, 2018

Is Donald Trump a traitor?

James Risen, Portside- 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.”

4 comments:

Bill Hicks said...

No.

Anonymous said...

Sam, I thought you were worried about trolling? That's all this post was.

KZeese said...

I remain a Russiagate skeptic but Risen has written the strongest article supporting the Russiagate theory I've seen. He uses words like 'unproven' and 'needs to be proven' often in the article but still a strong accusation against Trump. And, his first few paragraphs are an aggressively negative description of Trump and the dangers he poses. Interesting it is in the Intercept which often has articles by Glenn Greenwald criticizing Russiagate and the lack of evidence supporting it.

Geoffrey Levens said...

KZeese, thank you for that. I generally scan through the Intercept but missed that one.