{"id":236576,"date":"2024-07-02T13:47:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=236576"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:54:28","slug":"trump-calls-for-cheney-treason-tribunal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=236576","title":{"rendered":"

TRUMP CALLS FOR CHENEY ‘TREASON’ TRIBUNAL<\/span><\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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READ HERE: Trump Amplifies Calls to Jail Top Elected Officials, Invokes Military Tribunals<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Former President Donald J. Trump over the weekend escalated his\u00a0vows to prosecute his political opponents<\/a>, circulating posts on his social media website invoking \u201ctelevised military tribunals\u201d and calling for the jailing of President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senators Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer and former Vice President Mike Pence, among other high-profile politicians.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump, using his account on Truth Social on Sunday, promoted two posts from other users of the site that called for the jailing of his perceived political enemies.<\/p>\n

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One post that he circulated on Sunday singled out Liz Cheney, the former Wyoming congresswoman who is a Republican critic of Mr. Trump\u2019s, and called for her to be prosecuted by a type of military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals.<\/p>\n

\u201cElizabeth Lynne Cheney is guilty of treason,\u201d the post said. \u201cRetruth if you want televised military tribunals.\u201d<\/p>\n

A separate post included photos of 15 former and current elected officials that said, in all-capital letters, \u201cthey should be going to jail on Monday\u00a0not Steve Bannon!<\/a>\u201d Those officials included Mr. Biden, Ms. Harris, Mr. Pence, Mr. Schumer and Mr. McConnell \u2014 the top leaders in the Senate \u2014 and Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker.<\/p>\n

The list in the second post also had members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including Ms. Cheney and the former Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger, another Republican, and the Democratic Representatives Adam Schiff, Jamie Raskin, Pete Aguilar, Zoe Lofgren and Bennie Thompson, who chaired the committee.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Trump campaign did not address Mr. Trump\u2019s posts, instead repeating\u00a0allegations of misconduct<\/a>\u00a0by members of the committee, saying \u201cLiz Cheney and the sham January 6th committee banned key witnesses, shielded important evidence, and destroyed documents\u201d related to their investigation.<\/p>\n

The posts, which were amplified by Mr. Trump\u2019s Truth Social account on Sunday afternoon, were still listed on his profile on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The Biden campaign denounced the posts in a statement, saying that Mr. Trump \u201cis doubling down on threats to our democracy,\u201d adding that \u201cthe\u00a0Supreme Court has now paved the way<\/a>\u00a0for him to do exactly what he is saying he will if he wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Cheney responded with her own social media post on Sunday evening, saying \u201cDonald \u2014 This is the type of thing that demonstrates yet again that you are not a stable adult \u2014 and are not fit for office.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump has repeatedly called for the imprisonment of his political opponents, often singling out members of the Jan. 6 committee. But the two posts that Mr. Trump amplified on Sunday particularly stand out.<\/p>\n

One proposed jailing an extensive list of high-ranking officials, including Mr. Trump\u2019s former vice president, the top Republican in the Senate and the current president and vice president. The other invoked the dictatorial imagery of a televised military tribunal, which would strip\u00a0Ms. Cheney of her right to due process<\/a>\u00a0similar to the military courts used to prosecute\u00a0terror suspects at Guant\u00e1namo Bay<\/a><\/p>\n

The post\u00a0Trump Amplifies Calls to Jail Top Elected Officials, Invokes Military Tribunals\u00a0<\/a>appeared first on\u00a0New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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