This page is entirely too profligate with the charge of "treason," which is narrowly defined in the Constitution and is not applicable to these crimes and misdeeds. Crimes they are---or cause for civil actions---but not "treason." This "Shoot them all" attitude just ruins our credibility. It suggests (quite accurately, it seems to me) that the main concern is to dance on the corpses of accused corrupt actors, and not so much to get clear to a world free of corruption.
Article III, Section 3: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
"The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted."
I'm not a lawyer either, but I am a native speaker and reader of the English language, and all the points you mention have no relationship to treason as defined by the Constitution. Why am I not surprised that you did not bother to refer to its only definition before you answered? Ready, shoot, aim?
This page is entirely too profligate with the charge of "treason," which is narrowly defined in the Constitution and is not applicable to these crimes and misdeeds. Crimes they are---or cause for civil actions---but not "treason." This "Shoot them all" attitude just ruins our credibility. It suggests (quite accurately, it seems to me) that the main concern is to dance on the corpses of accused corrupt actors, and not so much to get clear to a world free of corruption.
I am curious, however, what your definition of treason is.
Because, while I am not a lawyer, I find it hard to prove that:
And misleading the American people about it, even after you’ve assumed the position of President of the United States.
Is absolutely treason.
Article III, Section 3: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
"The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted."
I'm not a lawyer either, but I am a native speaker and reader of the English language, and all the points you mention have no relationship to treason as defined by the Constitution. Why am I not surprised that you did not bother to refer to its only definition before you answered? Ready, shoot, aim?