Article 5G69S Why aren't we calling the Capitol attack an act of treason?

Why aren't we calling the Capitol attack an act of treason?

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Lois Beckett
from US news | The Guardian on (#5G69S)

There has been little public discussion of the term as the framework for understanding what happened on 6 January, experts say

During Donald Trump's presidency, UC Davis law professor Carlton Larson spent a lot of time on the phone telling journalists: It's not treason."

Trump's behavior towards Russia: not treason. All the FBI investigations Trump labeled as treason: also not treason. Then came the 6 January attack on the Capitol by hundreds of Trump supporters. That was treason according to the founding fathers, Larson wrote in an op-ed the next day.

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