Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld is one of Trump’s three primary challengers. In the wake of the Ukrainian scandal he just accused Trump of treason, and noted that the penalty for treason is death. talkingpointsmemo.com/…
As has been hashed out here hundreds of times, Trump’s misconduct probably doesn’t meet the constitutional definition of treason. But it certainly is in the nature of treason, and it absolutely constitutes high crimes and misdemeanors. It’s a little encouraging to see a Republican criticize Trump like this.