Articles II and III
On Treason against the United States
Bryan Zepp Jamieson
July 1st, 2026
www.zeppscommentaries.online
Did you know the Constitution has a clause that could make it possible to throw out not just Donald Trump, but all of his executive orders, most of his appointments, and even the Big Beautiful Bill that is destroying the lives of millions so the rich can steal more?
Turns out the Founders did expect that at some point the populace would vomit up a complete and utter moral and ethical wastrel, and gave us an out to deal with such.
Article II, Section 4 says: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Now add this: Article III, Section 3, 2 which says: The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
It does NOT state that impeachments under Article III must be individual and separate. Nor does a Congressional finding of treason require a supermajority the way a simple impeachment would. But if the Congress finds the President committed treason, then all of his acts and appointments can be nullified.
Convicting Trump of bribery would require the same level of difficulty as, say, proving that cows really exist. He’s racked up the better part of five billion dollars through his various grifts, frauds, and outright bribes for which he has so badly abused his office. But bribery limits culpability to a now-standard Trump impeachment and given the number of corrupt cowards and lackeys in Congress, may not succeed because it would be like asking a Colombian cartel to just say no to drugs. Unless, of course, Trump sparks a popular rebellion, which he could possibly do, given his approach to things, in which case Congress might realize that throwing Trump to the wolves might save their asses from anything worse than just getting voted out of office.
Treason, of course, is much harder to prove, which is appropriate, since it is a much more serious crime than bribe-taking. That Trump acts against the best interests of the American populace is evident, but that doesn’t rise to the level of treason. His associations with antagonists to America such as Putin or Netanyahu are also pretty obvious, but minus a smoking gun, outright proof that Trump conspired to betray his country, treason would be hard to prove.
However, Trump may have committed treason with his attack on Iran. He got at least 14 American service personnel killed, and hundreds more injured. And it isn’t difficult to show that he attacked, not because of his imaginary nuclear threat, but at the behest of Netanyahu. He has publicly admitted to that. And it’s very clear that he has played around with the conduct of the operations primarily for the purposes of manipulating the markets to his own benefit and the benefit of his insider trading buddies, many of whom are sitting in his cabinet and many more are in Congress.
Anyone who gets his own soldiers killed and injured in the name of personal profit is pretty clearly committing treason. It’s an action that pretty much DEFINES treason. A case can be made that Donald Trump committed treasonous acts while serving as President.
It’s possible that Trump’s dismantling of the nation’s intelligence-gathering apparatus and undermining of relationships with friends and allies provided aid and comfort to America’s enemies, but the legal requirements for specificity and hard evidence make that a bit of a stretch.
Congress could establish a finding of treason on a simple majority vote in each House, and then proceed to impeachment. If the case is strong enough, and Congress honest enough, Trump could be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate of treason. He would have to leave office. But unlike other impeachments, it wouldn’t be just him. His officials, which would include the vice president and the cabinet would also have to go. And all his executive orders rendered null and void.
Subsequent criminal prosecutions would of course have to be conducted on an individual basis. And it’s likely that many if not most cabinet members never committed any acts that rose to the level of treason.
And while Donald Trump has always been a huge fan of the death penalty, it’s extremely unlikely that he would face capital charges. I doubt the country could stomach the notion of a president, even a shoddy specimen such as Trump, being on trial for his life. But he could face imprisonment and loss of most if not all of his fortune. (Most of it was attained through pretty dubious means to begin with!)
Will this actually happen? I’ve no idea. Honestly, the way he’s disintegrating, I think it’s far more likely that he’ll be removed under the 25th amendment for being unable to discharge his duties as president, and if it was on grounds of dementia, then he would never stand trial. And honestly, I couldn’t support trying a man who is too far gone to understand that he’s on trial, let alone for why. Even Trump deserves that much mercy.
If America learns from the lessons Trump is giving us all, then perhaps that will suffice unto the day.
