Posted on 02/02/2018 2:19:52 PM PST by markomalley
Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar said the memo released by the House shows the actions taken by top FBI and Justice Department officials to investigate the Trump campaign “constitutes treason.”
“This full throated adoption of this illegal misconduct and abuse of FISA by James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Sally Yates and Rod Rosenstein is not just criminal but constitutes treason,” Gosar said.
The House released the four-page memo prepared by the Committee on Intelligence on Friday. The memo laid out how Obama administration relied heavily on a largely unverified dossier to spy on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Here’s a bit of info regarding the definitions of crimes against the United States which include Sedition and Treason.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-115
U.S. Code › Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 115
18 U.S. Code Chapter 115 - TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
Sedition definition
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Sedition
A revolt or an incitement to revolt against established authority, usually in the form of Treason or Defamation against government.
Sedition is the crime of revolting or inciting revolt against government. However, because of the broad protection of free speech under the First Amendment, prosecutions for sedition are rare. Nevertheless, sedition remains a crime in the United States under 18 U.S.C.A. § 2384 (2000), a federal statute that punishes seditious conspiracy, and 18 U.S.C.A. § 2385 (2000), which outlaws advocating the overthrow of the federal government by force. Generally, a person may be punished for sedition only when he or she makes statements that create a Clear and Present Danger to rights that the government may lawfully protect (schenck v. united states, 249 U.S. 47, 39 S. Ct. 247, 63 L. Ed. 470 [1919]).
The crime of seditious conspiracy is committed when two or more persons in any state or U.S. territory conspire to levy war against the U.S. government. A person commits the crime of advocating the violent overthrow of the federal government when she willfully advocates or teaches the overthrow of the government by force, publishes material that advocates the overthrow of the government by force, or organizes persons to overthrow the government by force. A person found guilty of seditious conspiracy or advocating the overthrow of the government may be fined and sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. States also maintain laws that punish similar advocacy and conspiracy against the state government.
Governments have made sedition illegal since time immemorial. The precise acts that constitute sedition have varied. In the United States, Congress in the late eighteenth century believed that government should be protected from “false, scandalous and malicious” criticisms. Toward this end, Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1798, which authorized the criminal prosecution of persons who wrote or spoke falsehoods about the government, Congress, the president, or the vice president. The act was to expire with the term of President John Adams.
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treason
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noun
1.
the offense of acting to overthrow one’s government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
2.
a violation of allegiance to one’s sovereign or to one’s state.
3.
the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.
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“You obviously have trouble separating the concept from the individual.”
And you obviously have a problem with constitutional process. Yeah, it sucks that we afford criminals protections, but that is the system we are trying to protect. Our military doesn’t swear fealty to an individual, but to our Constitution. Enemies foreign and domestic doesn’t abrogate our laws.
I never want to see those protections lifted, even if it means we must endure the long and imperfect process of justice. To see that process regain its honor would be far greater than some instant karma based on emotion and revenge.
I just don't have your imagination.
I missed the ‘foreign agent’ phrase in the Constitution.
Of course, 99% of them are innocent.
Yes!!!! This is winning.
Even Trump in a tweet called it Treason. In reference to the Strzok guy.
trea·son
noun
the crime of betraying one’s country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government
In the US, treason is limited by the Constitution (3.3):
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.
Using the law enforcement powers of the executive branch to illegally spy on and thwart the campaign efforts of a political rival running for the office of president, and to further use these powers in an effort to overturn the results of a presidential election is an attempted coup.
An attempted coup is treason.
Both sedition and treason charges are applicable.
Totally agree, they are currently un-indicted co-conspirators.
Have you seen the 99 page FISA court commentary (referenced by DiGenova a week ago) that said the FBI let outside contractors without security clearances access raw intelligence databases? We have not yet begun to attack these guys.
There’s so much the Obama administration deliberately let slide ....and Hillary let slide ....that it will take decades to clean up their mess....Becuase they make certain to create such chaos and confusion in their wake in order to conceal their actual criminal activity.
It was said by many that Hillary left the State Dept. absolutely in shambles before she left.
Take a look at Nunes’ video with Brett Bayr today. He did say he was heading after the State Department lies next. Stay tuned...same bat time, same bat channel.
If they don’t put people in jail for a long time, what will happen when the next Dem gets elected? It’s scary. Trump won’t be here forever. They cannot let them skate. A dem president will take us right back down the same road.
“I volunteer to be in the firing squad.
Let me. My aim isn’t so good, if you divine my drift.”
Me first. I’m a really good shot, but failed anatomy and keep mistaking the liver for the heart.
Yep. And he is my Congressman. So proud!
The guy played their "games" taking the fat check guys and periodically having them clean bathrooms and do janitorial duties. I watched this and it was hysterical seeing these guys balk and complain. (the idea was to make them so uncomfortable they'd leave) It worked for those less invested in the ring...but the high end guys hung in there.....until they had identified them all...arrests followed.
What the CEO told me later was it was a matter of 'discovery'... that the criminals will rise to the top given the right created environment and the 'time' to let it work.
That's what Trumps doing, along with those he trusts.........we only need to give him time. He has the tools.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQj—Kjn0z8
“...and teach the world to snuff the spyers and the liars...”
Line ‘em up - Former Department of Justice Director Loretta Lynch; former FBI Director James Comey; former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe; former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates; and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein; Peter Strzok, the No. 2 at the FBI’s counter; dossier author Christopher Steele, etc, etc.
I agree it’s not easy. State has been dirty since Roosevelt. Kennan was once of their last good career men.
Need a good catharsis like what is happening at epa....
He’s a dentist, not a lawyer. Hopefully a staff member will help him out with terms and definitions.
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