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Trump Admits He Was “Doing Services” for Foreign Governments Who Paid Him (newrepublic.com)

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[-] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Unfortunately, no. The US isn't presently at war with Russia or China or... basically anyone (with the obvious loophole of proxy and ally wars...), so nobody is capable of legeally-defined treason.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Everybody like to trot that word out, but is unable to define a legal "enemy". I consider Russia a fucking enemy, hate their guts, but legally and diplomatically, they're not that.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/4302

It’s pretty clearly defined.

The word “enemy,” as used herein, shall be deemed to mean, for the purposes of such trading and of this chapter— (a) Any individual, partnership, or other body of individuals, of any nationality, resident within the territory (including that occupied by the military and naval forces) of any nation with which the United States is at war, or resident outside the United States and doing business within such territory, and any corporation incorporated within such territory of any nation with which the United States is at war or incorporated within any country other than the United States and doing business within such territory.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

We're still at war with North Korea. There is a declared ceasefire that has mostly held since 1953 but the latest peace talks to end the war started in 2018 and fell apart after South Korea elected a conservative government in 2023. The soldier that escaped to NK to avoid his legal troubles in SK last year may well have committed treason. Or at least attempted to, NK didn't really seem to want him.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The US never declared war with North Korea.

The last declaration by the US was WWII.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

No, South Korea may still be at war with them.

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