Not a lawyer here but this is important in these times because the term gets devalued: treason is betraying your country in wartime. We’re not at war yet. But if there was a “Trump Kyiv”? “Ukrainian businessman” Trump could in fact be guilty of treason.
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Trump is an asshole full of shit & Putin ASSET (Bitch)
JD Vance, Rubio & Lindsey Graham are Traitors & spineless. Republican Wakeup and Impeach Trump!
At the point where the guy whose job is supposedly defending the country against the guy who's got several thousand nuclear missiles pointed at the country, stands in front of his press and slags a military ally off because he said bad things about the nuclear dude, you've got a traitor, or a coup.
There is very obviously a connection there and it’s sad that people are ignoring all of these “ coincidences” and are instead of buying into the false narrative that American troops being stationed in Europe is somehow economically harming Americans more so than tax cuts for the rich
It’s certainly that - if you believe in democracy. We’ve been taken hostage in this country by the corrupt and the ignorant. I think we are at a point where “playing by the rules” doesn’t matter because our opponents don’t know any of the rules at all or even care.
Please let me know if you ever get an answer. I'm not a lawyer, but my guess would be that it is definitely treason, but somebody has to have the conviction to actually arrest those who are committing it.
Lawyer here - I don’t fucking know why this all doesn’t rise to “Clear and present danger”. My guardrails, along with all rules I learned, are being obliterated daily.
it's just so hard to comprehend that it's not just one bad actor, it is a massive collusion of hundreds of elected leaders and millions of lower level supporters, all agreeing to just ditch our national values overnight.
Trump told a bunch of resentful people "it's OK to be evil" and so they did.
This distinction is important now. Because when this is done (and I know who will win), there will be Nuremberg-style trials. The charges will determine the punishment up to and including the death penalty.
This is the correct answer. Because of the severity of the charge, treason has a very narrow and very specific definition. Unfortunately it does not apply here.
Common usage, sure though. I also dislike when we call all adversaries “enemies.” Most of the time, it’s akin to “the other team.” We should leave the work “enemy” in its proper place.
Haven’t you been paying attention? John Robert’s is for hire. I mean, he’s bought and paid for, but I’m pretty sure he’d take a new client for the right price.
Because he is now the law the constitution and every other fucking thing the republicans handed him on a gold platter. It’s now only treason if he says so. And you know who he thinks are traitors? Anyone that doesn’t agree with him.
I don’t think you have to be a lawyer to know that laws are made up and selectively enforced to keep the rich comfortable and everyone else working for them.
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“Treason is the act of betraying a trust or attacking a state to which allegiance is owed.”
Trump is an asshole full of shit & Putin ASSET (Bitch)
JD Vance, Rubio & Lindsey Graham are Traitors & spineless. Republican Wakeup and Impeach Trump!
which I also find baffling; growing up in the 80s I could never imagine Republicans siding with the KGB.
I’m dead serious. I feel like we KNOW it’s treasonous behavior but how do we prove it?
A former CIA agent has stated that Trump is a Russian asset
The Mueller case technically never absolved Trump from having ties to Russia
His foreign policy decisions, all benefit, Russia, more than anyone else on the planet
It was a proven fact that Russia interfered in our elections in 2016 to elect Trump
No smoking gun/s I guess, but you’d have to be an idiot to not see the likelihood of it
but I guess the Eli5 answer is that if enough people are willing to go along with it, it doesn't really matter if it's treason.
I think this train wreck might justify more than words.
Conditioning time after time, year after year. No consequences.
It is not lost, but as in other countries if the PEOPLE do not object then it will continue.
It is our time to stand.
Trump told a bunch of resentful people "it's OK to be evil" and so they did.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/treason#:~:text=Treason%20refers%20to%20the%20betrayal,office%20under%20the%20United%20States.”
money is held accountable.