03-06-2017, 12:45 AM
(03-06-2017, 12:25 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: That was a bit of hyperbole. Not sure this would actually be treason. But to understand the seriousness of the charge (which is why, if false, Trump should be impeached) take whatever you believed Russia did and tried to do and multiply that by about 100.What if it is true and the surveillance was approved because of repeated campaign contact with a country actively involved in tampering with our election?
Think about how serious this accusation is: The current administration, using the vast resources and power of the federal intelligence services to spy on a Presidential candidate / President elect....presumably with the intention to influence or alter the election, or to invalidate the result.
Illegal use of the powers of the federal govt to attack a political opponent. Really think about the implications of that, and then tell me what would be an appropriate punishment (which at this point is purely hypothetical).
Which to me seems like a very possible outcome.
