>and what it amounts to legally is a written admission of high treason, a felony punishable by death. Here is the legal definition of treason in the US (at the

>and what it amounts to legally is a written admission of high treason, a felony punishable by death. Here is the legal definition of treason in the US (at the federal level). "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." Nothing in that letter comes close to fitting that definition. > He effectively ended the entire Manafort/Cohen news cycle overnight. The Manafort Cohen news cycle was already ended by the Woodward book preview. All this letter did was make the accusations in the book look even more plausible.