Hillary Clinton says that President Donald Trump led a “seditious conspiracy against the government of the United States” --- Is such a thing possible ? --- If so, is it necessarily a crime ??? --- or even a bad thing at all ?????

 

CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell asked Hillary Clinton  ---  “What is your takeaway about the January 6 committee and Donald Trump’s actions?”

Clinton responded with this  ---   “I would not be honest if I didn’t say I think there was a seditious conspiracy against the government of the United States, and that’s a crime.”

O’Donnell then prodded Hillary to say some more ---  “Led by Donald Trump ?

Hillary Clinton  then said  ---   “Led by Donald Trump, encouraged by Donald Trump.”

All of this begs three questions: 1) whether a President of the United States can lead a seditous conspiracy against the government of the United States, at all; 2) if a President of the United States can lead a seditous conspiracy against the government of the United States, can that act, and/or matters related to it, be prosecuted as a crime; and 3) is any prosecution of a President or former president precluded for any alleged acts that were the basis of, and pursued, in an impeachment that failed to convict.

However, if such a thing as ".... a seditous conspiracy against the government of the United States..." by a sitting U.S. President were possible, and President Trump had done it, then his actions  fell completely within the precedents established by our Founding Fathers  ---  one of whose great lines once was  ---  "...   If this be treason, make the most of it....”