A very serious question: Is this treason?

[onenote]

114. Possible crimes committed: Conspiracy to violate the CFAA

Most likely charge would be conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Depending on the evidence as it comes out, there might be charges for being an accessory before or after the fact to CFAA violations. There might be charges under other, related laws concerning the unauthorized access to and disclosure of electronic communications.

The criminal activity here appears, at this stage, to be related to the Russians gaining unauthorized access to private electronic communications and releasing them in an attempt to influence the outcome of the election. It is the first part of that activity that is criminally prosecutable, not the second. It is, like it or not, not a crime for a foreign government to try to influence the outcome of a US election. If it was, then statements by high government officials of foreign governments that they preferred one candidate over another (and such statements were made in 2016) would have been unlawful and any attempt by a campaign to solicit or coordinate such endorsements would be criminal.

Now, if evidence was to come out -- and I've yet to see anyone in government present such evidence -- that voting machines were tampered with or voting counts falsified -- then there would be another level of criminality to address.