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@deepbluecea Did not, based on the statute and the evidence we then had. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Dotdogz "Levying war" is the phrase in the Treason Clause of the Constitution. It has been interpreted by the courts. — PolitiTweet.org

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PS4/ So I’m now being flooded with new info about the December Conspiracy. It’s likely that there’ll now be a second article on the subject that takes the content of the first to places that are shocking but—as ever—fully sourced. Stay tuned. Trying to decide how/when to do this. — PolitiTweet.org

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(MORE) https://t.co/6vP2dS91WA — PolitiTweet.org

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Repeat after me: the. insurrection. is. still. happening. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: (🔐) PROOF: Did Donald Trump Commit Treason on December 18, 2020? The Arguments on Both Sides of a Suddenly Pressing Quest… — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: The news we have been expecting and talking about, following Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) saying that the Committee has a lot more evidence to both uncover and present. It looks like there will be more hearings in August. This is very, very good news for American democracy! — PolitiTweet.org

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PS3/ Some folks are confused about the fact that there are *two* ways to charge Treason—shorthanded, (1) “levying” and (2) “adhering”—and this report is *exclusively* about the former. I’ve added a note, link, and further explanation to the article (very high up) to clarify this. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Dotdogz Yes, unless the prospective defendant is the one seeking to wage the war. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ScholarErrant It does not require a hostile foreign power. — PolitiTweet.org

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@erin_p_is_me The report acknowledges that subsequent events may be used to establish context for these ones, but January 6 would likely need to be analyzed separately. The Trump defense there was that he "only" wanted a delay of the session (Conspiracy to Obstruct a Congressional Proceeding). — PolitiTweet.org

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@PresJameson No one ever talks about the Butina/Byrne relationship anymore, which is totally wild — PolitiTweet.org

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PS2/ I just added a Coda to the report that is a video you will definitely want to see. Only just received it. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: (🔐) PROOF: Did Donald Trump Commit Treason on December 18, 2020? The Arguments on Both Sides of a Suddenly Pressing Quest… — PolitiTweet.org

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PS/ This report draws from yesterday’s congressional hearing, past congressional hearings, and prior PROOF curatorial journalism (all fully sourced from reliable major media). It even includes yesterday’s breaking news from Mother Jones—horrifying pre-election Steve Bannon audio. — PolitiTweet.org

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20/ So what I’ve published at PROOF—see the link atop this thread—isn’t some hot-headed, quick-draw partisan screed. In fact, you’ll find that it very carefully goes through all the facts and evidence on *both* sides of what may now be the most important question in America. /end — PolitiTweet.org

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19/ Even so, I didn’t see a basis for even discussing Treason or Conspiracy to Commit Treason with respect to Donald Trump’s December 2020 or January 2021 actions until yesterday’s House January 6 Committee hearing, which I live-tweeted at the link below. https://t.co/vv4ncoEm8L — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: (🔐) PROOF: Did Donald Trump Commit Treason on December 18, 2020? The Arguments on Both Sides of a Suddenly Pressing Quest… — PolitiTweet.org

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18/ ...beyond possible Seditious Conspiracy to the charge above it in the federal hierarchy, Conspiracy to Commit Treason. And this shouldn’t have been a surprising question—given that we’re speaking of an armed coup attempt a House committee is implying Trump helped orchestrate. — PolitiTweet.org

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17/ So whether America has realized it or not, we have been in the doorway of Trump-and-Seditious Conspiracy for many weeks now. The implicit question that therefore arose *weeks* ago was whether Trump’s apparent culpability—at a minimum requiring DOJ investigation—would move... — PolitiTweet.org

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16/ I mention this because it’s not in fact unusual for a kingpin to be charged with more—and more serious—charges than mere foot-soldiers, and the bipartisan House select committee has already made pretty unambiguous that at a minimum it thinks Trump ran a Seditious Conspiracy. — PolitiTweet.org

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15/ It is also that, whether Americans realize it or not, *twenty-four Americans* from the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers have *already* been charged with Seditious Conspiracy, the offense right below Treason—and Conspiracy to Commit Treason—in the hierarchy of grave federal crimes. — PolitiTweet.org

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14/ It’s not just that Treason is hypothetically punishable by death and one of the only impeachable offenses enumerated in the Constitution; it’s not just that one convicted of Treason can’t run for elected office and must be imprisoned for what may be a life sentence for Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

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13/ Donald Trump has told aides that he’ll be announcing a presidential run this year. It could even happen this week. If there’s a credible Treason investigation to be initiated—and there now is—DOJ has an urgent duty given the nature of the punishments for Treason specifically. — PolitiTweet.org

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12/ Until yesterday, I believed as an attorney and former investigator—and said so here and in Q&As, repeatedly—that I saw no case for Treason. The evidence yesterday opened the Treason question, which means there can be *no doubt* that the Department of Justice must consider it. — PolitiTweet.org

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11/ To be clear, Conspiracy to Commit Treason has the same statutory maximum penalty as Treason—which is death, but it goes without saying that lesser penalties are also possible, to a minimum of five years in prison—and likewise precludes someone from running for the presidency. — PolitiTweet.org

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10/ And we’ve a *lot* of evidence, from at least 6 witnesses—with a seventh, Patrick Byrne, testifying to the Committee Friday (and Byrne is *possibly* who Trump tried to tamper with this week)—so we’re less in the dark on this than almost anything else in the January 6 timeline. — PolitiTweet.org

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9/ But he made the appointment anyway. If the actions Powell planned constituted Treason, the fact that they were articulated to Trump before he helped advance them via an overt act—and following a “meeting of the minds”—could well mean he committed Conspiracy to Commit Treason. — PolitiTweet.org

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8/ So what are we to do with the fact that Trump knew at the time he made his appointment that what Powell planned to do with it was illegal? Indeed, (a) she’d just outlined her intentions to him in writing, (b) he’d just been told in person by two lawyers that they were illegal. — PolitiTweet.org