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Pyroguy096 t1_j1e93u2 wrote

Reply to comment by Galifrey224 in The 17 findings in the January 6 committee’s final report by totallyclips

The federal penalty for treason according to 18 U.S.C subsection 2381 is: a person guilty of treason against the United States "shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title, but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States

That last part is the real winner. 5+ years in prison and a $10,000 fine is nothing, and death is ridiculously unlikely considering they wouldn't want to make a literal martyr of him. But never being able to hold office again? That's pretty sweet.

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Jasmine1742 t1_j1g826w wrote

Tbf it's usually death or life in practice.

Especially for sedition when actually prosecuted and the other can if worms with him almost definitely leaking state nuclear secrets.

Pretty much every case with similar efforts had way worse consequences.

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