[Fester Chugabrew]

Find Trump’s exact words. Then read Newsweek’s spin.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Find Trump’s exact words. Then read Newsweek’s spin."

True, it was not exactly what he said, but was not an unreasonable inference. What bothered me more is that Newsweek sat on this for three days, and when they finally mention it, they spin it to put the emphasis on Trump's reaction rather than on the dubious tactics of the Clinton campaign.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Find Trump’s exact words. Then read Newsweek’s spin.

Okay, here they are:

"This is a scandal far greater in scope and magnitude than Watergate and those who were involved in and knew about this spying operation should be subject to criminal prosecution. In a stronger period of time in our country, this crime would have been punishable by death," the former president said. "In addition, reparations should be paid to those in our country who have been damaged by this."

[Gaffer]

From what I’ve seen it was in reference to ‘treason’ charges. The ‘death’ part of that has been embellished by leftist MSM sources to construe the ultimate US treason statute punishment options as being what he meant, IMO.