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Dangers of would be monarchs, populous and dem gods. they knew the most dangerous threat might come if within in the form of a corrupt executive who put his private interests above the interests of the nation. they also knew that they could not anticipate every threat a president might someday pose so they adopted the phrase treason, bribery, other high crimes and misdemeanors. george mason said it was meant to capture all manner of great and dangerous offenses against the constitution. the debates around the framing make clear the most serious such offenses include abuse of power, betrayal of...

That word is now being used publicly, openly, and the phrase treason, which technically it's not, but rhetorically, the president of the united states cannot go around tweeting about people who are investigating his activities as being treasonous because we may have that as a fact at the end of this. the president of the united states may have committed treason. >> manny, part of the issue here is that donald trump asked james comey for loyalty, or so that's the reporting. and that sort of becomes an issue. just like we're in uncharted territory when we're talking about treason and collusion a...

Why not. >> congressman nadler, your reaction? >> that shows how ignorant and reckless he is to use the phrase treason. it's defined by levying war against the united states and giving aid. i know mr. bannon accused his son and son-in-law of treason for meeting with the russians and get trying to get dirt on hillary clinton. he called that treasonous, i think it comes close. but the fact of the matter is what was he calling treasonous here? the fact the democrats didn't get up and cheer him when he thought they ought to be cheered. his comments remind me of joe mccarthy. they are ignorant and ...

Became the first president in history to accuse the other side in congress as being guilty of treason. he actually accused you personally and all of the democrats in congress as being treasonous because of the way you reacted to the state of the union address. let's listen to had. >> you have the other side, even on positive news, really positive news like that, they were like death. and un-american. un-american. somebody said treasonous. i mean, yeah i guess why not. can we call that treason? why not. >> congressman nadler, your reaction? >> that shows how ignorant and reckless he is to use t...