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The Founders Defined Treason to Protect Free Speech
The Constitution spells out the meaning of only one crime. That was done to prevent politicians from abusing it just as Trump has been trying to do.
It’s written in for a reason.
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President Donald Trump is not reluctant to accuse people of treason.
On Sunday, Trump targeted Representative Adam Schiff, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, proclaiming on Twitter that he wanted the California Democrat “questioned at the highest level for Fraud & Treason.”