I want to know why it isn't called TREASON???

[a kennedy]

A foreign country changed the outcome of our ELECTION. Really, isn’t that treason???

[BlueJac]

1. Traitor might fit!

[sagesnow]

2. Treason only officially applies if

it is a country we are at war with.

[sharedvalues]

7. Pedantry. No. Rosenbergs committed treason; so did Stone.

See below.

[elleng]

3. 'the crime of betraying one's country,

especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.'

[Grasswire2]

4. Conspiracy to defraud the United States of America.

That will fit some, after the conspiracy is submitted as evidence.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Hillary was speaking during her book tour and she said

that what Putin did was cyber warfare so that means this is an act of war, right? That seems to fit the definition since we all agree that Russia is an enemy of the US.

[sharedvalues]

6. It IS called treason. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Don’t let the pedantry scolds tell you it’s not treason.

The JUDGE who sentenced Ethel and Julius Rosenberg called them traitors even though they were found guilty of espionage, not treason. Likewise, this act of betraying the US should be called treason even if it doesn’t fit the exact crime definition of treason.

[a kennedy]

8. Thank you..

[Grasswire2]

9. you can call it whatever you want

But a legal definition is precise, and has precise meaning.

[sharedvalues]

10. So the federal judge sentencing Rosenbergs used "treason"

and that’s not good enough for you? Still more legal pedantry is required?

I consider your crime worse than murder ... I believe your conduct in putting into the hands of the Russians the A-Bomb years before our best scientists predicted Russia would perfect the bomb has already caused, in my opinion, the Communist aggression in Korea, with the resultant casualties exceeding 50,000 and who knows but that millions more of innocent people may pay the price of your treason. Indeed, by your betrayal you undoubtedly have altered the course of history to the disadvantage of our country.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg

[Grasswire2]

11. they were convicted of Espionage.

under Section 2 of the Espionage Act of 1917, 50 U.S. Code 32 (now 18 U.S. Code 794), which prohibits transmitting or attempting to transmit to a foreign government information "relating to the national defense".

You can call their acts whatever you want. So can the judge.

They were convicted of Espionage.

[sharedvalues]

13. Judge called it treason. Everyone calls it treason.

That’s the point.
Selling out your country is regularly called treason—even if the specific crime is espionage, or conspiracy against the United States.

[TomSlick]

12. There is nothing to be gained by charging treason.

I could make the argument that Russia' cyber-attack was an act of war and that providing "aid and comfort" to Russia in that attack amounts to treason. The problem is that the law is not clear and the same result can be obtained by charging conspiracy against the US.

I was taught by a judge years ago not to plead what I don't have to prove.

[oasis]

14. Traitors are guilty of treason. They should wear the label regardless

of the government's ability to effectively prosecute their sorry asses.