{"id":33139,"date":"2018-07-17T12:54:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T19:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33139"},"modified":"2018-07-17T12:54:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T19:54:58","slug":"treason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/17\/treason\/","title":{"rendered":"Treason"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Article III of the US Constitution 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.  Many have argued that, there can be no treason, because the US is not at war.  However, the evidence in indictments of Russian GRU Officers, make it clear that Russia committed an act of War against the US by interfering with our electoral process, and that state will continue as long as the result that attack occupies the oval office.  Therefore the aid and comfort Trump provided for Putin yesterday qualifies as treason.<\/font><\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a joint press conference on Monday \u2014 and the two men both made multiple jaw-dropping statements.<\/p>\n

During the event, Trump and Putin repeatedly showered each other with praise, and the two men regularly defended one another from criticisms being leveled against them within the United States and from other NATO allies.<\/p>\n

Below are the most jaw-dropping moments of the Trump-Putin press conference.<\/p>\n

1. Putin trolls America by offering to have his own intelligence agencies \u201cinvestigate\u201d their interference in the 2016 presidential election \u2014 and Trump praises him for it.<\/strong> Putin\u2019s offer to have his own intelligence officials probe themselves was generally seen as an attempt to subtly mock the United States, since no one believes the GRU would fairly investigate its own activities.<\/p>\n

Trump, however, called Putin\u2019s proposal an \u201cincredible offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. Trump denies a report that he called Putin a \u201crival\u201d \u2014 and insists that what he actually said was meant to be flattering.<\/strong> When asked by a Russian reporter why he had referred to his Russian counterpart as a rival, Trump pushed back and said he\u2019d only referred to Putin a \u201ccompetitor.\u201d Trump went on to say that he meant it as a \u201ccompliment\u201d because Putin was so good at competing.<\/p>\n

3. Trump would not say whether he believes his own intelligence agencies when they claim Russia directly interfered in the 2016 presidential election.<\/strong> Even though Trump hedged on whether he believed his own appointees to the nation\u2019s intelligence agencies, he did say that Putin was \u201cextremely strong and powerful in his denial today.\u201d He then said that he \u201cdidn\u2019t see any reason\u201d why Russia would interfere in America\u2019s elections…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I covered the first three out of six.  Click through for the other three.<\/font><\/p>\n

I’m not the only only that thinks he’s a traitor.  Check out the first page of the Daily News!<\/font><\/p>\n

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For 28 minutes of in depth coverage, here’s Rachel Maddow<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n