White House petition on ‘47 GOP traitors’ draws 260,000 signatures
Friday, March 13, 2015
White House petition on ‘47 GOP traitors’ draws 260,000 signatures
A petition to the White House demanding treason charges against 47 Republican senators who attempted to sabotage US President Barack Obama’s efforts to reach a nuclear accord with Iran has garnered more than 260,000 signatures.
The petition, on whitehouse.gov, was filed on Monday and had 263,312 signatures as of early Friday morning, well above the threshold of 100,000, which requires the White House to respond.
In an unprecedented move on Monday, a group of Republican senators ignored protocol and sent a letter to Iran, warning that whatever agreement reached with Obama would be a “mere executive agreement” that could be revoked “with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.”
The letter appears at a time when US negotiators are preparing to return to Switzerland to participate in the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany, which have entered a sensitive final stage….
The US federal law prohibits unauthorized American citizens from interfering in relations between the United States and foreign governments. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony….
READ MORE: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/03/13/401586/GOP-traitors-come-under-American-fire
ADDITIONAL LEGAL INFORMATION
Iran: Interim Nuclear Agreement and Talks on a Comprehensive Accord
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R43333.pdf
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TEXT OF THE LOGAN ACT
U.S. Code § 953 – Private correspondence with foreign governments
“Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/953
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DID BUSH MOVE AMERICA’S PRESIDENCY OFF-SHORE?
https://pathwaytoascension.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/did-bush-move-americas-presidency-off-shore/
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18 U.S. Code § 2381 – Treason
“Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2381
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