Did Donald Trump commit a crime when he urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden? Many of the president’s critics say yes, and they have floated several legal theories, ranging from frivolous to debatable.
Treason
This week, former Massachusetts governor William Weld, who is notionally challenging Trump for the Republican Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, claimed Trump is guilty of “treason, pure and simple.” He added that “the penalty for treason under the U.S. Code is death.”
The legal definition of treason requires waging war against the United States or “adher[ing]” to its enemies (defined as nations or organizations …read more
Source:: Reason.com
