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In response to: 

"Many people are saying that Donald Trump should be executed for treason..."

Dear Democracy Matters A Lot mstdn social: We are living in dangerous times, what I fear is that the political extremists will destabilize American Principles of Democracy, Donald J. Trump in my opinion has committed treasonous acts, problem is executing Donald J. Trump for treason will turn Donald J. Trump into a political martyr. Trump's actions on January 6th along with his actions associated with allegedly seeming to attempt to fix the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election all come close to being treasonous acts. 

According to the United States Constitution, Article III, Section 3, “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.

No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.”

Furthermore, 18 U.S.C § 2381, states that a person guilty of treason against the United States “shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.” 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/treason#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20United%20States,giving%20them%20aid%20and%20comfort

.At this point there is a lack of adequate and sufficient prima facie evidence that Donald J. Trump actually knowingly and intentionally committed treasonous acts against the United States of America. We know via video footage that Donald J. Trump allegedly seemed to have incited his political followers to cause political unrest at the U.S. Capitol that had resulted in Trump Supporters Storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, so far we have no smoking gun in which to charge Donald J. Trump for direct Conspiracy to Commit Treason against the United States. In light of no direct evidence of Donald J. Trump committing treason we ourselves would be committing a major injustice to the U.S. Principles of Democracy by in effect executing an innocent man as distasteful as this sounds!

#DemocracyUnderPressure 

Sincerely, Monica Andrews, Editor-in-chief, #FreePeoplesFreePress News