Twice on Monday, members of the Trump administration invoked treason to describe components of the now-completed investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. “That is an accusation equal to treason, which is punishable by death in this country.”In a phone call with The Washington Post, Carlton F.W. Larson, professor of law at the University of California at Davis and author of the upcoming book “The Trials of Allegiance: Treason, Juries and the American Revolution,” explained why “treason” is the wrong word here. “You can commit treason in one of two ways,” Larson said. Later Monday, Trump himself appeared to accuse his critics of themselves of committing treason.

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2019 14:36 UTC