TRAITORS COMMIT TREASON "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." https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2385
TREASON:
Definition: In Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution,
treason is specifically limited to levying war against the US, or adhering to
their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. Conviction requires two witnesses
or a confession in open court.[2]
Penalty: U.S. Code Title 18: Death,[8] or not less than 5 years' imprisonment
and not more than life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (minimum
fine of $10,000, if not sentenced to death). Any person convicted of treason
against the United States will permanently lose the right to ever hold or run
for public office anywhere in any capacity within the United States.[9][10]