[hanamizu]

What if the perpetrators do get convicted of treason and are then executed?

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The last person convicted of treason in the U.S. was a guy in New Orleans who tore down the U.S. flag at the New Orleans Mint in 1862 right before Union troops seized it. He was convicted by court martial and hanged. And that’s it. No one since.

The perpetrators won’t get prosecuted or convicted of anything, but if they were, it would not be for treason, which is defined by the Constitution and doesn’t include ‘fixing’ an election.

[calenel]

“The perpetrators won’t get prosecuted or convicted of anything, but if they were, it would not be for treason, which is defined by the Constitution and doesn’t include ‘fixing’ an election.”

At the behest and for the benefit of a hostile foreign power or powers? Hmmm.

[reasonisfaith]

Yes it does include interfering in an election when you do it with a foreign agent.

If I were the Attorney General, or the top brass in cases of military tribunals, I would recommend death for treason. Point here is all it takes is the will to do it.