They. Knowingly. Committed. Treason.

[Foamfollower]

Given what Donald Trump Jr. has now openly admitted to the press and everything else that has been revealed, those are the only four words that matter any more.

There is nothing else that ever needs to be said about the Russian matter from here on out.

They. Knowingly. Committed. Treason.

[Initech]

1. And the whole damn party is in on it!

It's not just one person or multiple people. It's not just Trump or McConnell, or Ryan or Gorsuch, or Steve Bannon or Alex Jones, it's all of them! They're all guilty! That's why they won't hire an independent prosecutor. They'll all be implicated. Ever since Citizens United they've been on a warpath to destroy Clinton and they finished the job last year. And I'd bet some good money and good odds that McConnell is the ring leader in all of this.

[BigmanPigman]

11. Agree 100%. If found guilty, what is the worst they can face as punishment?

Whatever it is won't be bad enough in my opinion. Selling out your country should give them a punishment similar to the Spanish Inquisition torture methods. Instead they will get pardoned and not fined a single cent. Shit, they'll probably make money off of it in fact.

[jmowreader]

14. Since we're at war the penalty is pretty severe

18 USC 2381, Treason:

"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 and 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."

I recommend hanging.

[BigmanPigman]

16. I'll go along with that. Defiantly count me in. I'll bring the rope.

[Initech]

19. And those psycho assholes will find some way to blame us for it.

Not this time!!!

[NanceGreggs]

2. Yes. They. Did n/t

[Warpy]

3. Republican racketeering really got a big start with Nixon

and his "dirty tricks squad." It has been increasing, election to election. Now whole states are cast into doubt because the machines are so easily hacked.

It's not that big a leap to asking a hostile foreign power for help hacking the opposition's computers. It probably wasn't that big an extra hop to looking the other way when the hackable machines consistently produced results at odds with all predictions.

It's not a political party any more. It's a racket.

[Solly Mack]

17. Well said.

[emulatorloo]

4. Do you think Manafort has flipped yet?

[Warpy]

5. Manafort and Flynn are both hard guys

I don't think either of them can be flipped.

[emulatorloo]

6. Treason and espionage charges may do the trick

[Warpy]

7. I doubt anything short of extradition to Chechnya will work.

That has a ghost of a chance.

[emulatorloo]

8. Time will tell. Doubt either think Trump is worth being executed or going to prison for

Both guys strike me as being out for number one, given the enormous anvil hanging over their heads.

[Warpy]

10. Oh, hell, that boob isn't worth anything to anybody

They won't flip because of the Russian mob.

[mnmoderatedem]

12. Flynn has already asked for immunity

i think he can and will be flipped, if he's not already flipping.

Mannafort is a more difficult read at this point.

[Warpy]

18. For which he might have given up Junior or even Kushner

but never Manafort or any of the mobsters. He didn't get it because they knew he'd stay quiet about the big stuff.

[iluvtennis]

13. Seriously..life in a Federal prison will make them sing like a bird. They think they are tough

asses, but they are cowards who couldn't survive in prison.

[TreasonousBastard]

9. A new use for Gitmo?

[C Moon]

15. To me its a major battle in the class war.

[kairos12]

20. Agreed. But Drumpt supporters felt that HRC was a greater threat and would rather

lick Putin's boots.