I dont think treason is the technically correct legal term.
Lets see what happened - Obama orchestrated an intentional sabotage of a candidate and then incoming administration. What would that be?
I would immediately say "Conspiracy to commit Sedition", except that the infractions against Trump before his inauguration, by his predecessor who WAS still in office until inauguration day technically, makes it not a perfect fit to use "Sedition", because that is generally thought of as being against the sitting government.
Here's the technically correct legal definition for treason-
The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance; or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power. Webster. In England, treason is an offense particularly directed against the person of the sovereign, and consists (1) in compassing or imagining the death of the king or queen, or their eldest son and heir; (2) in violating the king’s companion, or the king’s eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the king’s eldest son and heir; (3) in levying war against the king in his realm; (4) in adhering to the king’s enemies in his realm, giving to them aid and comfort in the realm or elsewhere, and (5) slaying thechancellor, treasurer, or the king’s justices of the oue bench or the other, justices in eyre, or justices of assize, and all other justices assigned to hear and determine, being in their places doing their offices. 4 Steph. Comm. 1S5-103; 4 Bl. Comm. 76-84. “Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.” U. S. Const, art 3,
It was most definitely an attempt to overthrow the incoming administration AKA the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance. The fact the Obama administration was working with the DNC and Hillary Clinton using known faulty Russian intelligence to spy on the campaign may or may not be considered betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power, but that part doesn't matter in concerns to whether it's treason or not.
I dont think treason is the technically correct legal term.
Lets see what happened - Obama orchestrated an intentional sabotage of a candidate and then incoming administration. What would that be?
I would immediately say "Conspiracy to commit Sedition", except that the infractions against Trump before his inauguration, by his predecessor who WAS still in office until inauguration day technically, makes it not a perfect fit to use "Sedition", because that is generally thought of as being against the sitting government.
Here's the technically correct legal definition for treason-
It was most definitely an attempt to overthrow the incoming administration AKA the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance. The fact the Obama administration was working with the DNC and Hillary Clinton using known faulty Russian intelligence to spy on the campaign may or may not be considered betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power, but that part doesn't matter in concerns to whether it's treason or not.