In an op-ed in Friday’s Boston Globe (www.bostonglobe.com/...), former Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to the Czech Republic John Shattuck details how Trump’s refusal to acknowledge the intelligence consensus that Russia hacked the election in his favor is indicative of, or at least casts the reasonable presumption of treason on his part. He lays out the legal framework for Trump having committed treason or misprision of treason. After recapping the suspicious circumstances of Trump, his family's and his advisers’ ties to Putin and Russia, Shattuck calls for Trump to acknowledge the intelligence consensus:
In light of these circumstances, Trump should seek to clear the air by endorsing the proposed investigation of the Russian hacking scandal. For him to continue to deny Russia’s cyberattack and resist the investigation invites a specter of treason to hover over the president-elect.
From where I sit, it appears that the DKos crowd has given up denying Trump the Presidency in the Electoral College and/or Congress. Otherwise, we would have seen some posting and discussion, preferably on the front page and certainly on the Rec List, regarding this important op-ed. People, time is very short. The electors meet tomorrow. Now is not the time to shrug and say “eh”. We need to be trumpeting this from the rooftops!