I’d like to jump ahead a little and talk about after the endgame. Regardless of how Trump’s administration ends, impeachment or election, there is going to be talk of pardons ala Nixon.
No. Absolutely not.
Assuming that the president has America’s best interests as his priority is what got us here. We can no longer coast along on that assumption.
Trump, his family, and everyone in his administration need to be prosecuted for any laws they broke. I’m not interested in comparing it to Soviet purges or similar. The republicans wanted to stir things up and they elected someone whose whole history was as a liar and a conman. I don’t want that to ever happen again. We need to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, including Treason.
You know that “treason” has an actual definition, right? It’s not just “orange man bad”. You’ve got to be able to demonstrate the elements of the crime, and you can’t do that, because President Trump’s actions don’t meet the elements of that crime.
“Whoever, 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…”
“Adheres to their enemies” would fit a number of his actions.
Sadly, treason doesn’t apply. “Enemies” in this instance is narrowly defined as people we are at war with. Still plenty of books to throw at him, though.
Your cite (an excellent one, thank you) states that “The requisite enemy designation typically requires a formal declaration of war.”
“Typically requires” doesn’t sound all that set in stone to me.
I think once this all shakes out, we are going to have evidence of Trump being under Russia’s influence. His being an idiot doesn’t excuse that.
There are a lot of politicians playing fast and loose with international money. This needs to stop.
“The Rosenbergs were the first U.S. citizens to be convicted and executed for espionage during peacetime and their case remains controversial to this day.”
OK.
But I take it you are OK with Trump being prosecuted for all of his crimes, just not treason?
Is treason kinda like “collusion” to you?
The Rosenbergs were convicted of “Conspiracy to Commit Espionage,” for those of you keeping score at home.
Fun Research Project: Who can list all the persons/entities President Donald J. Trump has publicly accused of “treason,” either in spoken remarks or via tweet? Start with the moment he took the Oath to faithfully uphold the Constitution and execute the laws of the USA, back in January 2017.