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Nevilledog

(50,955 posts)
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 05:57 PM Nov 2020

"This is what spies and foreign agents do. This is treason."



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Tea Pain
@TeaPainUSA
This is what spies and foreign agents do. This is treason.

Ben Collins
@oneunderscore__
"A second official tells CNN their goal is to set so many fires that it will be hard for the Biden administration to put them all out."
https://cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/trump-biden-natsec-transition-fires/index.html
2:53 PM · Nov 18, 2020
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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. This more his style. When the battle is lost, in retreat destroy anything that could be of use...
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 06:01 PM
Nov 2020

to the victor.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,228 posts)
4. Not treason; could be Seditious Conspiracy, 18 U.S. Section 2384 ...
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 06:04 PM
Nov 2020
18 U.S. Code § 2384. Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.


Note "prevent, hinder, or delay".

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,228 posts)
10. The sticking point? "by force [...] contrary to the authority thereof"
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 07:35 PM
Nov 2020

I'm not a lawyer and don't know all the nuances involved.

magicarpet

(14,103 posts)
7. If Rethugs can't own it and totally control it,...
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 06:45 PM
Nov 2020

... they will smash it and destroy it to render it dysfunctional and useless.

Deuxcents

(16,042 posts)
9. Mid terms can be directed from jail
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 07:15 PM
Nov 2020

For all I care. This guy n his gang of deplorable people need to be held accountable. No mercy.

peggysue2

(10,819 posts)
11. Vlad is so very proud of his Apprentice Despot and his coterie of enablers
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 07:44 PM
Nov 2020

When are we going to start calling these people out for the treason weasels they truly are???

Never forget, never forgive!

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