Treason: What Is It? - And Impeachment?

I am to be included in the group that firmly believes that the 45th President of the United States committed acts of treason today while in Helsinki, Finland.
   What, exactly, is treason?  The latest Merriam-Webster Dictionary of the English language defines treason as: (1) the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or to kill or personally injure the sovereign, or the sovereign's family;  (2) the betrayal of a trust.
   In the United States Constitution, Article III, Section 3 states: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.  No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
   The Congress shall have the 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."

And I believe that now is a good time to review Sections 1 and 2 of Article III as well.  They read:
"Section 1
The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.  The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.
 Section 2
The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority;  - to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls;  - to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction;  - to controversies to which the United States shall be a party;  - to controversies between two or more states;  - between a state and citizens of another state;  - between citizens of different states;  - between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or subjects.
  In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction.  In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exemptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.
  The trial of all crimes,except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed."

Impeachment

Impeachment in the United States is the process by which the lower house of a legislature brings charges against a civil officer of government for crimes alleged to have been committed; it is analogous to the bringing of an indictment by a grand jury.  At the federal (Presidential) level, this is done by the United States House of Representatives.  Most impeachments have concerned alleged crimes committed while in office, though there have been a few cases in which officials have been impeached, and subsequently convicted, for prior crimes.  The impeached official remains in office until a trial is held.  That trial, and their removal from office if convicted, is separate from the act of impeachment itself.  Analogous to a trial before a judge and jury, these proceedings are conducted by the upper house of the legislature, which, at the federal level is the United States Senate.

  At the federal level, the United States Constitution, in Article I, Section 2, Clause 5, grants to the House of Representatives "the sole power of Impeachment," and Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 grants to the Senate "the sole Power to try all impeachments."  In considering articles of impeachment, the House of Representatives is obligated to base any charges on the constitutional standards specified in Article II, Section 4: "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."

** I think that pretty well covers everything, don't you? **

Bits & Pieces

The apartment maintenance men "fixed" our HVAC unit on 5 July, but also informed us that the condensation drip pan was affixed at exactly the opposite slant that it should have been.  Everything worked fine until Tuesday night, 11 July - when water was dripping at a rate of 40 to 50 drips per minute.  We put a bucket down and called maintenance.  Chris came back with another assistant and completely cleaned all the drains - but it still dripped occasionally.  He had to call an HVAC company to come and re-fit the pan.  They did so yesterday morning, which was great...   They were in and out in an hour, which made the cats very happy.
   On Thursday we had an adventure planned, and we carried it out.  We left Boulder mid-morning, and drove up Magnolia Mountain to Nederland, and visited the Carousel of Happiness.  Then we took the Peak to Peak Highway down to Black Hawk, and on to Idaho Springs, where we got onto Interstate 70 West.  I hadn't been through the Eisenhower Tunnel since 1974 or 1976, and Bea had never been through it.  What was amazing to me was the next 8 miles of 7 and 8% grade downhill... it was great fun to drive that!  When we arrived at Dillon, we turned off and visited the Dillon Reservoir; and then made our way back east via route 6, winding through the ski areas and finally over Loveland Pass.  The pass itself is at 11,990 feet; the temperature was 57 degrees (F) and a stiff breeze was blowing.  There were still snow drifts clinging to the sides and tops of ridges around the pass.  It was very impressive!  The rest of the trip was rather anticlimactic, once we descended from Loveland Pass and returned east on I-70.  We followed 6 into Golden and had supper at Mimi's Cafe, having a nice chat with a new server (he had been a server for 10 days, was a  student at the Colorado School of Mines, and was also an Air Force Cadet).  Then we returned home and caught up on the daily riff-raff report.
    Weirdness is normal in Boulder - Friday was the 10th Annual Tube to Work Day, in which you get onto, or into, Boulder Creek near the Judicial Center on 6th Street, and ride in your inner tube or Rubber Duckie Ring down the stream until you exit near your place of work....  This year there were more than 1,000 participants who floated down the icy creek waters to begin their daily grinds.
    We did have one oddity - a man was walking his dog on the Boulder Creek Path, between the Judicial Center and the Public Library, on Thursday night when he heard jogging footsteps behind him.  This is normal 24 hours a day on that Path, so the man thought nothing of it.  The runner passed the dog-walker, then spun around and, the dog-walker thought, punched him in the stomach.  The runner then turned back in the direction he had been heading, and continued running.  The dog owner put his hand to his stomach, because it hurt, and walked his dog back to his car.  When he opened the car door, he found that he was bleeding - the runner had stabbed him in the stomach without saying a word.  The dog owner drove himself to the hospital and was admitted for surgery to repair the 5-inch deep stab wound.  The assailant was a white male, dressed completely in black, with a hood covering his head and neck.  The attacker is still being sought.....
   ......  So.  Who was not in the room with Donald Junior in Trump Tower on 9 June 2016?   First the list of attendees was four; then five; then six or seven; then eight.... and possibly more.  The entire Trump family and all of his campaign people, as well as all of his transition team, are guilty as hell of collusion with a national enemy, and guilty of treason against our country.  I say:  Lock 'em all up!