Justice Dept. seeks longest sentence in Capitol siege by far for leaders Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and Joe Biggs, convicted of seditious conspiracy
Justice Dept. seeks longest sentence in Capitol siege by far for leaders Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and Joe Biggs, convicted of seditious conspiracy
Outside of the military the United States Government rarely did more than just lock up traitors.
Notable exception of the Rosenbergs, for whom new info has come out over the last few rounds of declassification.
Julius was almost definitely guilty, but Ethel very likely had no idea. The government went ahead and convicted and killed her anyway to protect the methods and sources of how they caught Julius.
Fun fact, that trial was prosecuted by Roy Cohen, long time mentor to Donald Trump. But when Roy went into the hospital to die from complications with AIDS, Trump abandoned him without a second glance.
They were spies, that gave the Soviets a lot of nuclear weapon data, which goes beyond just treason.
Trump was Commander in Chief of the military.
Firing squad still an option for him.
I don’t think the UCMJ applies to the President, given that it’s a civilian office.