DEFINITIONS: HIGH TREASON, TREASON, MISPRISION OF TREASON, SEDITION

Diana Larkin • 23 February 2025

DEFINITIONS:

HIGH TREASON=committing a crime that seriously threatens the safety of your country.

TREASON=betraying one’s allegiance by levying war or aiding the enemy.

MISPRISION OF TREASON=knows that someone is about to commit an act of treason against the U.S. and does not report it to the President, a federal or state judge, or the State Governor.

SEDITION=advocating for an uprising against or overthrow of the government through speech, publication, or organization; participating in a conspiracy to prevent the government from conducting its legally assigned duties that goes beyond the protected expression of opinion or protest against government policy.

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