They are not guilty of Treason unless we are going to do what the left constantly does i.e. redefine words in order to change the meanings of items in the Constitution to suit an agenda. They are guilty of some serious crimes ofattempting to overthrow a President and the system but they are not doing it in concert with anothernation unless China can be found to have put money anddinto the operation and to have worked with the conspirators- which is not terribly unlikely but must be found, shown, and proved for it to be TREASON.
The only constitutionally authorized death penalty for actions against the nation involves treason. Treason is quite clearly defined along the lines of eating and a bedding and enemy of the United States. Since Congress has not declared war on any nation after December, 1941, it would be rather difficult to convict someone of treason. Sedition, or in this case, a seditious conspiracy, is another matter altogether. My understanding is that the maximum sentence for sedition or seditious conspiracy is 20 years. I am sure that there are other penalties that could be attached, such as loss of pension, and the civil suits that would come about in the aftermath of a conviction would break even the wealthiest of offenders.
By the way, even if these people were aiding China, and I would argue that anything that weakens this country aids China, we are not in a declared war against that nation, so treason is not operative. Unfortunately, that word is bandied about too freely, without people understanding that the judicial system not only does, but HAS to, mete out punishments in a very precise way, according to very specific definitions. If it doesn’t do that, then we end up with Star Chambers and the like.