MSNBC’s Beschloss, former CIA director Hayden ‘suggest’ Trump be executed for having nuclear documen

[libertybele]

MSNBC’s Beschloss, former CIA director Hayden ‘suggest’ Trump be executed for having nuclear documents

MSNBC contributor and historian Michael Beschloss posted a tweet on Thursday evening recounting historical figures who had been executed for sharing U.S. nuclear secrets with foreign governments, and a former CIA chief shared the post with his own approving tweet.

Conservative commentator Jerry Dunleavy accused Beschloss of "suggesting that Trump should be executed," considering it was posted just after the Washington Post piece speculating that the FBI had raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate to find missing nuclear documents.

The Washington Post exclusive from Thursday afternoon attempted to offer more details as to what the FBI was searching for at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, as Attorney General Merrick Garland remained tight-lipped about it in his address to the nation.

The report cited sources speaking "on the condition of anonymity," claiming, "Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation."
An ex-CIA director and an MSNBC contributor suggest the execution of former President Donald Trump after the Washington Post claim that the FBI raid sought out "nuclear" documents.

The claim sent shock waves through social media and became a top Twitter trend.

Several hours after the claim in the exclusive report, Beschloss provided some historical context as to what happens to those who illegally retain and pass off nuclear information to non-U.S. entities. Tweeting out an image of Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenburg, he wrote, "Rosenbergs were convicted for giving U.S. nuclear secrets to Moscow, and were executed June 1953.".........

https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-beschloss-former-cia-director-hayden-suggest-trump-executed-having-nuclear-documents

[catfish1957]

Someone remind me again why the upcoming ideological CW won't be violent?

[Wingnut]

Must be the type of rhetoric Nancy Pelosi is wanting to "tone down"...

[libertybele]

Suggesting execution of an ex-president, I would think should mean jail time.

Section 879 of Title 18 prohibits knowing and willful threats to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm against the following categories of persons who are protected by the United States Secret Service:

    Members of the immediate family of the President;
    Members of the immediate family of the Vice President;
    Former Presidents;
    Members of the immediate family of a former President;
    Major candidates for the Office of President and Vice President;
    Spouses of major candidates for the Office of President and Vice President within 120 days of the general Presidential election;   
    and Immediate families of the President-elect and Vice President-elect.


https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1532-threats-against-former-presidents-and-certain-other-secret

[mountaineer]

Unhinged.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Unacceptable, inapproprite hyperbolic comment duing polticial/news discussion.

Neither side should be advocating violence or harm against anyone.

[goatprairie]

Unacceptable, inapproprite hyperbolic comment duing polticial/news discussion.

Neither side should be advocating violence or harm against anyone.

[mystery-ak]

 August 12, 2022 9:45am EDT
MSNBC’s Beschloss, former CIA director Hayden ‘suggest’ Trump be executed for having nuclear documents
Hayden and Beschloss reacted to a report that Trump may have retained nuclear documents after his term
By Gabriel Hays | Fox News

 MSNBC contributor and historian Michael Beschloss posted a tweet on Thursday evening recounting historical figures who had been executed for sharing U.S. nuclear secrets with foreign governments, and a former CIA chief shared the post with his own approving tweet.

Conservative commentator Jerry Dunleavy accused Beschloss of "suggesting that Trump should be executed," considering it was posted just after the Washington Post piece speculating that the FBI had raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate to find missing nuclear documents.

The Washington Post exclusive from Thursday afternoon attempted to offer more details as to what the FBI was searching for at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, as Attorney General Merrick Garland remained tight-lipped about it in his address to the nation.

The report cited sources speaking "on the condition of anonymity," claiming, "Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation."

The claim sent shock waves through social media and became a top Twitter trend.

https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1557894715307171841

Several hours after the claim in the exclusive report, Beschloss provided some historical context as to what happens to those who illegally retain and pass off nuclear information to non-U.S. entities. Tweeting out an image of Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenburg, he wrote, "Rosenbergs were convicted for giving U.S. nuclear secrets to Moscow, and were executed June 1953."

The tweet caught the attention of the former director of both the National Security Agency and the CIA, Michael Hayden. Hayden, who is also a retired four-star Air Force general and whose tenure in the intelligence agencies happened under former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, commented on Beschloss’s post.

"Sounds about right," the ex-CIA head tweeted.

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-beschloss-former-cia-director-hayden-suggest-trump-executed-having-nuclear-documents

[Right_in_Virginia]

[libertybele]

Prayers up. President Trump has been through hell.  The worry and grief that he and his family must be feeling right now must be absolutely devastating.

[sneakypete]

The guys just ain't happy unless they have their panties all in a wad over something.

[Smokin Joe]

My, oh my.

Consider the precedent that would set, and potential implications for the current and former Administrations in light of China/Loral, and all the other dual use/military information and technology transfers since.
Not to mention Generals on the phone with China pledging to warn of and stop strategic strikes, should those be ordered.
Such a court would look like something out of The Terror (French Revolution).

[mountaineer]

Beschloss is just another example of why there's a twitter account called @BadLegalTakes

[Right_in_Virginia]

Also here:  https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,477648.0.html