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Thing. if that's the case, does that change it? if she's an agent of the russian government. >> the treason statute, which by the way is punishable by death, requires you to aid and abet and aid and comfort an enemy of the united states in some affirmative way. asking if you have any dirt on hillary clinton alone i don't think makes out treason. now, when you talk about collusion, it's not even collusion but it could be the beginning of a collusion or conspiracy case if other evidence develops. right now, we're looking at an act of dishonesty of political stupidity but not criminality. >> juli...

Itself does only apply when there is a declared war or attempt to overthrow the united states government. that particular statute. but we didn't have declared war throughout the cold war. people went to jail for conduct that amounted to the dictionary definition of treason. they just weren't prosecuted under the treason statute. we have statutes that prohibit espionage, that prohibit computer hacking and theft of data, statutes that prohibit false statements to the government, that prohibit perjury, that prohibit foreign governments from assisting united states government political campaigns. ...