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40 Facts About the History of Impeachment (And The Presidents Who Couldn’t Escape Its Fate)

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35. Treason Means Providing Assistance to a Sovereign Enemy

A comic making fun of treason. Baloo Cartoons.

If the United States is at war with a sovereign country, and a president provides information or any other form of assistance to that country, he or she has committed treason and, should those crimes be discovered, will be impeached. Treason is a crime that the Founding Fathers took very seriously – it carries the death penalty.

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