Originally published at: https://hannity.com/media-room/too-far-trump-challenger-bill-weld-claims-the-president-committed-treason-suggests-death-penalty/
Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP primary presidential challenger Bill Weld shocked television viewers across the country this week; claiming President Trump committed “treason” during his phone call with the leader of Ukraine.
“Talk about pressuring a foreign country to interfere with and control a U.S. election, it couldn’t be clearer. And that’s not just undermining democratic institutions, that is treason,” Weld said on MSNBC‘s “Morning Joe.” “It’s treason pure and simple. And the penalty for treason under the U.S. Code is death. That’s the only penalty.”
“The penalty under the Constitution is removal from office, and that might look like a pretty good alternative to the president if he could work out a plea deal,” he added.
On @Morning_Joe, Bill Weld said Trump had committed treason, noting the penalty for that was execution. He said he'd be fortunate to simply be removed from office. https://t.co/nBGRnyVzpY pic.twitter.com/B8IbJ9Kc3n
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) September 23, 2019
Fmr. Gov. of Massachusetts Bill Weld: "Talk about pressuring a foreign country to interfere with and control a US election. It couldn't be clearer. That's not just undermining Democratic institutions. That is treason. It's treason pure and simple."https://t.co/PKXEfFVEBp
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 23, 2019
“While the U.S. Code does list the death penalty as a punishment for treason, Weld’s claim that it is the only penalty is false. Treason is covered by 18. U.S. Code § 2381, which says that a person guilty of treason ‘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,’” reports Fox News.
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