Is Donald Trump a Traitor? (James Risen, The Intercept, Feb 16, 2018)

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https://theintercept.com/2018/02/16/trump-russia-election-hacking-investigation/

Excerpt:

One year after Trump took office, it is still unclear whether the president of the United States is an agent of a foreign power. Just step back and think about that for a moment.

The fact that such an unstable egomaniac occupies the White House is the greatest threat to U.S. national security in modern history.
His 2016 campaign is the subject of an ongoing federal inquiry that could determine whether Trump or people around him worked with Moscow to take control of the U.S. government. Americans must now live with the uncertainty of not knowing whether the president has the best interests of the United States or those of the Russian Federation at heart.

Most pundits in Washington now recoil at any suggestion that the Trump-Russia story is really about treason. They all want to say it’s about something else – what, they aren’t quite sure. They are afraid to use serious words. They are in the business of breaking down the Trump-Russia narrative into a long series of bite-sized, incremental stories in which the gravity of the overall case often gets lost. They seem to think that treason is too much of a conversation-stopper, that it interrupts the flow of cable television and Twitter. God forbid you might upset the right wing! (And the left wing, for that matter.)

But if a presidential candidate or his lieutenants secretly work with a foreign government that is a longtime adversary of the United States to manipulate and then win a presidential election, that is almost a textbook definition of treason.

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.”

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[Pachamama]

1. YES

Donald J Trump is a Traitor and in the coming year, it will be shown that he was part of a conspiracy to work with the Russians to become President in order to benefit the Russians

I truly believe that....

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2. LOL at that!

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3. For an encore, maybe "woke" Intercept will start digging into the holes and inconsistencies

in Ed Snowden's "official story"

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4. For the SECOND FUCKING TIME THIS WEEK and third time overall

Glenn Greenwald is dragging one of his OWN GODDAMNED WRITERS because Hillary derangement won't ever allow him to admit to himself that Kremlingate is a thing:

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[Turbineguy]

5. Hands down.

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6. But seriously...

1. Motherfuck all the dudebro pundits, bloggers and "journalists" who have been living in total gravity-defying denialism the last 18+ months over Kremlingate....

2. Motherfuck all the dudebro pundits, bloggers and "journalists" who published two hot takes daily for a year about why Hillary Clinton was (and continues to be) the worst candidate who ever lived...

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7. Hard to believe that just three short years ago

Risen was leading the "OBAMA IS A WORSE PRESIDENT THAN NIXON AND THE STASI PUT TOGETHER" hot take brigades...

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8. kick

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9. No wonder Glenn has such a bug up his ass... Mueller's gonna hunt him down

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