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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts) Thu Dec 13, 2018, 01:34 PM Dec 2018

Former Fed Prosecutor Mariotti: Butina's boyfriend Erickson committed "outright treason" by helping

her draft the proposal that allowed her to infiltrate US organizations, like the NRA.

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What shocks me most is that Erickson helped write this proposal! His behavior amounts to what most Americans would regard as outright treason. (As I discussed on my latest #OnTopic podcast with @Mimirocah1, our Constitution defines "treason" narrowly.) What was he thinking?

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Former Fed Prosecutor Mariotti: Butina's boyfriend Erickson committed "outright treason" by helping (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Dec 2018 OP

And the hits, they keep on coming YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #1

Watch Thune and Rounds Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #2

He didn't say the boyfriend committed "outright treason" A DAY IN THE LIFE Dec 2018 #3

What would you have said in 1980 TheRealNorth Dec 2018 #4

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)

1. And the hits, they keep on coming

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 01:42 PM

Dec 2018

The last two or three weeks have been a blizzard of bad news for the Blobfather, Don Trumpalooney.

And it looks like that isn’t going to stop any time soon.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

2. Watch Thune and Rounds

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 01:58 PM

Dec 2018

start their sputter campaign shortly. Going to be real interesting back in the state of SoDak. Had this story broke in October,Sodak would be Blue once again.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

(88 posts)

3. He didn't say the boyfriend committed "outright treason"

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 02:05 PM

Dec 2018

He said americans would regard it as outright treason. He went on to say that the Constitution defines treason narrowly. The boyfriend did not commit treason; subversion and espionage, yes. Generally the courts deifne even narrower. Courts usually define "enemy" as a country or organization that the US is at war with or have major military operations against. Sorry, Russia may be an adversary but they are not an "enemy."

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)

4. What would you have said in 1980

Reply to A DAY IN THE LIFE (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 02:25 PM

Dec 2018

We were not "at war" with the Soviet Union either. But he aided Russia in an act to subvert the government, which in my mind is an "act of war".

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