[blondee123]

There was a time in our country when people actually got charged & punished for Treason, but the Kennedy money showed other wealthy people that they could do what they wanted & buy their way out!

[R. Scott]

I think it was more a case of Johnson and Nixon trying not to anger the anti-war crowd more than necessary – the Neville Chamberlain appeasement approach. Nixon was fearful that if Hanoi John was arrested, tried and convicted of sedition and treason his opponents would accuse him of stifling the 1st Amendment free speech and assembly clauses – regardless of “…the right of the people peaceably” to assemble…” and “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
There were many powerful Senators and Representatives who opposed the war as well as much of our “esteemed” news media, and President Nixon was running scared.