• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It’s insane to me that they’re not charging him with treason in the documents case. There are ties to Russian intelligence as well as sale of confidential submarine plans.

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      5 months ago

      It’s strategic. Why set the bar any higher than it needs to be to put him away for life?

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          Put him behind bars, THEN charge him for treason. Make him show up to court in handcuffs and an orange jumper, to match his face.

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          Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3:

          “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”

          Insurrection and rebellion, not treason.

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            Look up what the constitutionally enumerated definition of treason is, then re-read the second to last sentence of your quote. You have to try to commit treason in the US. This is a winner winner chicken dinner situation.