There was no treason. There was no attempted coup. Those are lies, and dumb lies at that. There were just good people trying to figure out what was true, under unprecedented circumstances.

Why almost no one is guilty of treason, explained. Adam Schiff isn’t guilty of treason, nor is Donald Trump, and neither is just about any other person you can think of.

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No public hangings mentioned in US Code. Title 18 U.S. Code section 2381, the passage cited in the video, defines treason as "Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against ...

Of the 40 treason cases charged since the founding of the U.S., only 13 resulted in a conviction, and only three people have been executed for it, Eisner Gorin stated.

Treason cases have been rare in Russia in the last 30 years, with a handful annually. But since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, they have skyrocketed, along with espionage prosecutions.

Former FBI Director James Comey, in a Washington Post op-ed published Tuesday, fiercely defends the agency’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s potential ties with Russia during the 2016 ...