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Treason is a federal is tried in federal aka civilian court.
It's not the crime that determines whether or not your tried in civilian court or a court martial. It's it's the situation of the person.
If you are a civilian who commits treason you get tried in federal court. If you in the military or on a military base, you get tried in a court martial.
During the Cold War, when the rosenbergs gave the atomic bomb info to the to the Soviets they were not charged with treason. They were charged with espionage and they were tried in federal court in New York.
https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/rosenberg-trial/
Tokyo Rose who committed treason during world War II was trying to federal court in San Francisco
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iva_Toguri_D%27Aquino
In 1863 the Supreme Court limited treason thusly
https://uclawreview.org/2018/10/15/treason-what-is-it/amp/