Washington, D.C. – (Special to ZennieReport.com) – It’s time to consider that President Donald Trump committed treason against America. Those Americans who voted for Donald J. Trump to be elected over Vice President Kamala Harris did so out of a concern for the economy. Inflation was high and there was an overall feeling that America was on a economic downward path. Trump made promises that drove expectations of better economic performance.
But when elected, President Trump immediately sought to destroy key American economic institutions, throw Americans out of their government jobs (and under the stated reason that he didn’t believe they were necessary), take no action against rising prices, and suggest a recession was coming as a result of his actions. And if you think Americans are not upset, take a look at this Republican North Carolina Representative Chuck Edwards Town Hall Meeting:
And worse than that, Donald Trump has treat Russian President Vladomir Putin, long an enemy to the Western World as more of an ally that our friends in Europe.
President Trump Has Rewarded America’s Enemies And Harmed Its Friends
For our friends Canada and Europe, President Trump has established a taffiffs-based trade war that America is not well-equipped to sustain with any success. Overall, Trump has rewarded our enemies and punished our allies. That’s directly against American laws regarding Treason as laid out in the U.S. Constitution. Let’s take a look at them.
The U.S. Constitution defines Treason in Article III, Section 3, says treason is “adhering to our enemies, giving them aid and comfort.” Donald Trump has done that with respect to Russian President Vladomir Putin.
The Atlantic Magazine put it this way:
He denounced the European Union as “hostile” and “abusive” while threatening to ratchet up tariffs on some of its most famous goods by 200 percent. He openly mused about annexing Greenland while sitting in the Oval Office across from the head of the military alliance that would be called to defend it. He vowed to escalate a trade war with Canada while threatening its very right to exist as a sovereign nation.
But when it came to the authoritarian leader in Moscow, President Donald Trump boasted of his relationship with Vladimir Putin and declined to say that he would pressure his Russian counterpart to agree to concessions as part of a cease-fire deal with Ukraine. Trump’s sympathies seemed to lie with America’s foe over its friends, further unnerving already-whiplashed allies watching anxiously as the president’s handpicked envoy met with Putin at the Kremlin.
The U.S. Constitution Is Clear Regarding Treason
The last time someone was charged with treason it was 2006 and a federal grand jury indicted Adam Gadahn for Treason based on his participation in several al-Qaeda propaganda videos. Gadahn was not in custody at the time of his indictment, and he was later killed in a 2015 drone strike in Pakistan before he could stand trial in the United States. By that measure, Donald Trump has done far worse. Here’s what the U.S. Constitution says about what Treason is:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
Donald Trump has already been accused of Treason twice, and got off on a turned vote of Congress. The Constitutional Congress has laid out the history thusly:
Article II, Section 4:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
President Donald Trump was impeached twice during his single term in office. In each case, he was acquitted on all counts by the Senate.
The first impeachment trial stemmed from a call President Trump had with the President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine in which President Trump asked the Ukrainian President to announce two investigations: one involving his potential opponent in the upcoming 2020 presidential election and a second into unsubstantiated allegations that entities within Ukraine had interfered in the 2016 presidential election.1 At the time of the call, the Office of Management and Budget had frozen $400 million in military aid to Ukraine at the direction of the President.2 The contents of the call initially came to light through an intelligence community whistleblower report, but a summary of the call was later made public by President Trump.3
Ultimately, the Senate acquitted President Trump on both counts. Article I failed by a vote of 48-52 while Article II failed by a vote of 47-53.20
The second Trump impeachment occurred a year later in the waning days of the Trump presidency following the events on January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in which some supporters of President Trump attempted to disrupt the congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election as having been won by Joseph Biden. The House moved quickly following those events. Passing on an investigation, the Judiciary Committee staff compiled publicly available evidence relating to the President’s actions on January 6 and within one week had introduced and approved a single article of impeachment charging the President with incitement to insurrection.
21 Specifically, the article alleged that in the months running up to January 6th the President had consistently issued false statements asserting that the Presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the American people.
22 He then repeated those claims when addressing a crowd on January 6, and willfully made statements that, in context, encouraged—and foreseeably resulted in—lawless action at the Capitol. . . .
23 Notably, although the House ultimately impeached President Trump prior to the expiration of his term, the Senate did not commence a trial until after President Trump had left office.24
The Senate trial saw the chamber make two important threshold determinations regarding trials of former Presidents. First, although the Constitution clearly requires the Chief Justice to preside over presidential impeachment trials, the Senate implicitly determined that that requirement does not extend to the trial of a former President. At the opening of the trial, Senator Patrick Leahy, President pro tempore of the United States Senate, was sworn in as presiding officer without objection.25
With respect to whether the President had committed an impeachable offense, the main substantive question during the trial arguably revolved around the proper application of the First Amendment. The former President’s attorneys invoked the First Amendment as a defense to the impeachment charge, asserting that free speech protections apply and limit the conduct that can be considered an impeachable offense.28 The President’s political statements at the rally, his attorneys argued, constituted core free speech under the First Amendment
and thus not an impeachable offense.29 The House managers disagreed, arguing that The First Amendment has no application in an impeachment proceeding
because impeachment does not seek to punish unlawful speech, but instead to protect the Nation from a President who violated his oath of office and abused the public trust.
30 Moreover, even if the First Amendment did restrict the impeachment power, it still would not protect President Trump’s calls to violence,
which the managers asserted fell within the well-established category of unprotected speech directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action.
31 In the end, the First Amendment arguments made by the former President’s attorneys do not appear to have had an impact on Senators, as only one Senator who voted to acquit the former President mentioned the First Amendment in the formal explanation of his vote.32
Although a majority of Senators voted to convict, former President Trump was ultimately acquitted by a vote of 57-43.33. But this time, a claim of Treason has to rest squarely with Trump’s actions with respect to our allies and our enemy, Vladomir Putin.
The Daily Kos Lays Out Comprehensive Evidence To Charge President Trump With Treason
The Daily Kos is a website that has represented Democratic interests for over 30 years. In what follows, The Daily Kos Community laid out a comprehensive, evidence-based, case for charging President Trump with Treason.
18 U.S. Code Ch. 115: TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
Trump owes allegiance to the United States due to his Oath of Office.
Trump has expressed loyalty to Russia over U.S. Allies in Europe [Ukraine] and both loyalty and preference for the word of the Russian leader Putin over anyone in our Military and intelligence agencies.
By suspending Military support Trump has aided Putin in his War of Conquest against our Ally Ukraine.
Trump intends for Putin to Win his war in Ukraine but that would be followed by Russia attacking, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania which would precipitate World War III AND involve Russia attacking the U.S.
This amounts to giving Aid and Comfort to our enemies.
Treason is a MANDATORY REPORTING Crime. If you know of Treason and owe an Oath of Loyalty to the U.S. Constitution:
You MUST REPORT TREASON TO THE NEAREST FEDERAL COURT.
* 18 U.S. Code § 2381 – Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
* June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807
** Every Democrat OR Republican in the House and Senate who was present at Trump’s Betrayal of Ukraine in the Whitehouse is a Witness to Trump’s Treason.
If they do not promptly report Trump to the nearest Federal Court they are guilty of [Misprision of Treason].
Treason is a Mandatory Reporting Crime.
Only 2 Witnesses are needed to Convict.
* 18 U.S. Code § 2382 – Misprision of treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
Trump can still be charged with Insurrection, Incitement of Insurrection and insurrection Conspiracy for his Words and Actions at the oval on January 6 2021.
* 18 U.S. Code § 2383. Rebellion or insurrection
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
* 18 U.S. Code § 2384. Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
Project 2025 IS a document that advocates the dismantling of the Constitutional order of the United States To replace it with an Authoritarian Dictatorship with Donald Trump at it’s head. This meets the definition of Advocating Overthrow of the Federal Government. The Constitution REQUIRES the Federal Government to have a “Republic(an)” form of Government, Dictatorship and/or Fascism is not allowed.
ALL Contributors to the Project2025 document AND everyone who commits ANY overt act in furtherance of Project 2025 are Guilty of 18 U.S. Code
§ 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government
* 18 U.S. Code § 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government.
Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or
Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or
Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
As used in this section, the terms “organizes” and “organize”, with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons.
THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION LLC, Donald Trump and his Sons need to register under the Foreign Agent Registration Act as Agents of Saudi Arabia and possibly also Russia. Trump has accepted funds from a Foreign Government and subsequently Trump, as an official act performed “Favors for the Paying Government: i.e. The Saudi Government rented suites at the Old Post Office and Trump then Trump ordered Dropped all official action when Saudi agents murdered a WSJ Journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
* 18 U.S. Code § 2386. Registration of certain organizations
(A) For the purposes of this section:
“Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States;
“Organization” means any group, club, league, society, committee, association, political party, or combination of individuals, whether incorporated or otherwise, but such term shall not include any corporation, association, community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes;
“Political activity” means any activity the purpose or aim of which, or one of the purposes or aims of which, is the control by force or overthrow of the Government of the United States or a political subdivision thereof, or any State or political subdivision thereof;
An organization is engaged in “civilian military activity” if:
(1) it gives instruction to, or prescribes instruction for, its members in the use of firearms or other weapons or any substitute therefor, or military or naval science; or
(2) it receives from any other organization or from any individual instruction in military or naval science; or
(3) it engages in any military or naval maneuvers or activities; or
(4) it engages, either with or without arms, in drills or parades of a military or naval character; or
(5) it engages in any other form of organized activity which in the opinion of the Attorney General constitutes preparation for military action;
An organization is “subject to foreign control” if:
(a) it solicits or accepts financial contributions, loans, or support of any kind, directly or indirectly, from, or is affiliated directly or indirectly with, a foreign government or a political subdivision thereof, or an agent, agency, or instrumentality of a foreign government or political subdivision thereof, or a political party in a foreign country, or an international political organization; or
(b) its policies, or any of them, are determined by or at the suggestion of, or in collaboration with, a foreign government or political subdivision thereof, or an agent, agency, or instrumentality of a foreign government or a political subdivision thereof, or a political party in a foreign country, or an international political organization.
(B)(1) The following organizations shall be required to register with the Attorney General:
Every organization subject to foreign control which engages in political activity;
Every organization which engages both in civilian military activity and in political activity;
Every organization subject to foreign control which engages in civilian military activity; and
Every organization, the purpose or aim of which, or one of the purposes or aims of which, is the establishment, control, conduct, seizure, or overthrow of a government or subdivision thereof by the use of force, violence, military measures, or threats of any one or more of the foregoing.
Every such organization shall register by filing with the Attorney General, on such forms and in such detail as the Attorney General may by rules and regulations prescribe, a registration statement containing the information and documents prescribed in subsection (B)(3) and shall within thirty days after the expiration of each period of six months succeeding the filing of such registration statement, file with the Attorney General, on such forms and in such detail as the Attorney General may by rules and regulations prescribe, a supplemental statement containing such information and documents as may be necessary to make the information and documents previously filed under this section accurate and current with respect to such preceding six months’ period. Every statement required to be filed by this section shall be subscribed, under oath, by all of the officers of the organization.
(2) This section shall not require registration or the filing of any statement with the Attorney General by:
(a) The armed forces of the United States; or
(b) The organized militia or National Guard of any State, Territory, District, or possession of the United States; or
(c) Any law-enforcement agency of the United States or of any Territory, District or possession thereof, or of any State or political subdivision of a State, or of any agency or instrumentality of one or more States; or
(d) Any duly established diplomatic mission or consular office of a foreign government which is so recognized by the Department of State; or
(e) Any nationally recognized organization of persons who are veterans of the armed forces of the United States, or affiliates of such organizations.
(3) Every registration statement required to be filed by any organization shall contain the following information and documents:
(a) The name and post-office address of the organization in the United States, and the names and addresses of all branches, chapters, and affiliates of such organization;
(b) The name, address, and nationality of each officer, and of each person who performs the functions of an officer, of the organization, and of each branch, chapter, and affiliate of the organization;
(c) The qualifications for membership in the organization;
(d) The existing and proposed aims and purposes of the organization, and all the means by which these aims or purposes are being attained or are to be attained;
(e) The address or addresses of meeting places of the organization, and of each branch, chapter, or affiliate of the organization, and the times of meetings;
(f) The name and address of each person who has contributed any money, dues, property, or other thing of value to the organization or to any branch, chapter, or affiliate of the organization;
(g) A detailed statement of the assets of the organization, and of each branch, chapter, and affiliate of the organization, the manner in which such assets were acquired, and a detailed statement of the liabilities and income of the organization and of each branch, chapter, and affiliate of the organization;
(h) A detailed description of the activities of the organization, and of each chapter, branch, and affiliate of the organization;
(i) A description of the uniforms, badges, insignia, or other means of identification prescribed by the organization, and worn or carried by its officers or members, or any of such officers or members;
(j) A copy of each book, pamphlet, leaflet, or other publication or item of written, printed, or graphic matter issued or distributed directly or indirectly by the organization, or by any chapter, branch, or affiliate of the organization, or by any of the members of the organization under its authority or within its knowledge, together with the name of its author or authors and the name and address of the publisher;
(k) A description of all firearms or other weapons owned by the organization, or by any chapter, branch, or affiliate of the organization, identified by the manufacturer’s number thereon;
(l) In case the organization is subject to foreign control, the manner in which it is so subject;
(m) A copy of the charter, articles of association, constitution, bylaws, rules, regulations, agreements, resolutions, and all other instruments relating to the organization, powers, and purposes of the organization and to the powers of the officers of the organization and of each chapter, branch, and affiliate of the organization; and
(n) Such other information and documents pertinent to the purposes of this section as the Attorney General may from time to time require.
All statements filed under this section shall be public records and open to public examination and inspection at all reasonable hours under such rules and regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe.
(C) The Attorney General is authorized at any time to make, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section, including rules and regulations governing the statements required to be filed.
(D) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Whoever in a statement filed pursuant to this section willfully makes any false statement or willfully omits to state any fact which is required to be stated, or which is necessary to make the statements made not misleading, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
The Proud Boys and Multiple other groups connected with MAGA are Guilty of Recruiting people for a “Revolt Against the Government of the U.S”.
* 18 U.S. Code § 2389. Recruiting for service against United States
Whoever recruits soldiers or sailors within the United States, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, to engage in armed hostility against the same; or
Whoever opens within the United States, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, a recruiting station for the enlistment of such soldiers or sailors to serve in any manner in armed hostility against the United States—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Treason Under the Constitution
Article III of the U.S. Constitution defines treason as levying war against the United States or adhering and providing aid or comfort to its enemies. Although there have been relatively few treason cases in American history, the Supreme Court has clarified what it means to “levy war” and provide “aid or comfort” to enemies.
* Adherence or loyalty to an enemy of the United States, and
* Providing aid or comfort to the enemy.
Treason is the only crime defined in the Constitution of the United States. It is the act of waging war against the United States or materially aiding its enemies.
As the Supreme Court has noted, treason cannot exist if either element is missing. For example, a U.S. citizen may favor or harbor sympathies for an enemy or hold beliefs that are disloyal to the United States. However, so long as they don’t act on those by giving aid or comfort to the enemy, they have not committed treason.
Similarly, a U.S. citizen can take actions that, in fact, aid or comfort the enemy. However, as long as there is no adherence or loyalty to the enemy (i.e., no intent to betray the United States), there is no treason.
For example, a citizen can give a speech criticizing the government or organize a strike in a steel plant during a time of war. These actions could impair the United States’ ability to defend itself or diminish the country’s strength. However, if the citizen did so without intending to betray the United States, there would be no treason.
Additionally, giving aid or comfort requires an act of some kind. As the Supreme Court noted in Cramer v. United States (1945), the very nature of giving aid or comfort contemplates a “deed or physical activity” rather than a “mental operation.”
An act that strengthens (or tends to strengthen) the enemy or weakens (or tends to weaken) the United States likely constitutes giving “aid or comfort” to the enemy. In other words, “thoughts and attitudes alone” cannot constitute treason.
See the discussions about Cramer and Haupt v. United States (1947) for more information.