OPINION:
A Washington Times headline yesterday read, “McCabe admits DOJ talked Trump removal, says he ordered obstruction of justice probe” (Web, Feb. 14). Merriam-Webster defines a coup d’etat as “the overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group.” There are currently American men and women in our armed forces in harm’s way all over the globe fighting the global war on terror. Put the pieces together and we have men and women at the Department of Justice who have actively engaged in the overthrow of a lawfully elected president of the United States during a time of war.
Treason is defined as “the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance.” Obviously then, there has been a coup attempt at the Department of Justice. We know who the conspirators are by name and function. This all happened during a time of war, and therefore each and every person connected to the main conspiracy or any attempt to abet the conspiracy should be immediately arrested, placed in detention and indicted for treason.
The U.S. Code details the punishment for treason as “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.” There is nothing in the law that allows someone such as Andrew McCabe to decide for 300 million Americans that a lawfully elected president is not fit to serve. Mr. McCabe and his confederates made no less a treasonous decision than John Anthony Walker did in 2014 while spying for Russia, and McCabe et al should go to prison for as long as the law allows.
This should show the folks in Washington that we Americans out here beyond the Beltway aren’t as stupid as they think we are. Unfortunately the converse cannot be said for them.
JEFFREY H. DISSELL
Gainesville, Fla.
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