Trump would not rule out the death penalty for the senior official who wrote the op-ed for the NYT

[smirkymonkey]

7. The death penalty for treason?

I say bring it on!

BTW, fat boy, what "anonymous" did was in no way, shape or form considered to be "treason".

"According to 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."

"Enemy" refers to a country or entity that has either declared war or is in open war against the United States. The wording is so air-tight that infamous double-agents Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen could not be convicted of treason after they were uncovered as spies for the Soviet Union, because at the time the United States was not officially at war with the Soviets, per ​Vox's reporting on Wednesday.

Moreover, the words "aid and comfort" mean something material -- scathing words on an op-ed would not apply.

Another kind of treason conviction would require the guilty party to take part in "levying war" against the United States, as UC Davis’s Carlton Larson, an expert on treason law, told Vox in 2013. Despite what Trump might believe, criticism against him does not qualify as declaring war against the nation."