Kaine: Russia Probe Now About Treason

Buy1Sell2 said:
The "and" was not put in to replace the word "or". Stop being ridiculous. "or" is fine. In order for a country to be an "enemy" you must be at war.
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Where is the "and" put in?

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2381

"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."
 
Tony Stark said:
Where is the "and" put in?
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I put the and in and it was in between two quoted portions of the law. Even a second grader would recognize that I was describing two separate parts of the paragraph using the word "and". What is your problem?
 
Again from Gregg Jarrett---


Meeting with a Russian lawyer is not treason. The U.S. is not at war with Russia. Even if the president’s son received information from the Russian government or otherwise collaborated with foreign officials, it constitutes neither waging war against the U.S. nor aiding the enemy.

If it were otherwise, a myriad of Republican and Democratic Senators who admit meeting with the Russian Ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, might be somehow guilty of treason. In these meetings, information is surely exchanged. No one has ever suggested it rises to the level of criminality. Indeed, it is what diplomats and foreign officials do. It is what our own officials do in foreign lands.
 
Buy1Sell2 said:
I put the and in and it was in between two quoted portions of the law. Even a second grader would recognize that I was describing two separate parts of the paragraph using the word "and". What is your problem?
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The problem is treason is 1.Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them

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adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere


Nowhere does it say the country has to be at war to commit treason.
 
--Again from Gregg Jarrett--

Kaine might be described as a “sore loser,” having lost the presidential election as Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate.

Before perpetuating the treason canard, these lawyers should reread the famous 1953 case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. They were convicted of espionage after providing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. They were not charged with treason because the U.S. was not “at war” with the Soviets.

So let’s dispense with all this silliness over treason.
 
Can't you just see Podesta getting a call from some lawyer saying they've got dirt on trump and Podesta saying, 'no, I'd better not get involved in that'.
lol :rolleyes:
 
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