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13. Those who claim treason has been committed either don't know the history of

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the Constitutional precedents regarding prosecutions for treason or are ignoring them. That's harsh, but it's true.

You know who wasn't charged with treason?

The Rosenbergs, who (rightfully or wrongly) were charged with and convicted of selling atomic secrets to the Soviets at a time when they were considered a greater threat to the US than Russia is now.

Also not charged with treason? Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen, convicted of spying for the Soviets and turning over to them intelligence data that compromised and, in some instances, led to the death of American assets.

More recently -- Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning -- not charged with treason after unlawfully handing over to wikileaks classified information, acts deemed to be injurious to US efforts in the "war" on terror.

Treason has been and is limited to two situations: Levying war. And providing "aid and comfort" to those levying war. Levying war has been understood to mean an active shooting war -- and we don't have that. There is no doubt that Trump benefitted from and probably directly or through agents encouraged the hacking and/or dissemination of the hacked information through wikileaks. And hopefully after a full investigation prosecutions for various crimes will be initiated. But they won't be for treason.