What do you call it when administration officials know POTUS is trying to overthrow the government

[onecaliberal]

but fail to warn anyone? AND some resign without saying a word days before an insurrection. What if the criminals had actually gotten to Pelosi?

[L. Coyote]

37. 18 U.S. Code § 4 calls it "Misprision of felony"

18 U.S. Code § 4 - Misprision of felony

Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

[Joinfortmill]

2. Sedition; crimes against the United States..

20 years.

[monkeyman1]

19. been at war - death ! that simple !

[Karadeniz]

3. Aiding and abetting at the least.

[Captain Zero]

5. Me too. Aiding and Abetting.

Providing comfort.

[Karadeniz]

6. Ooooh, I like the way you think with your addition...

[magicarpet]

4. Conspiracy to make and/or cause a Coup de'tat.

... against and opposed to the wishes of the population currently in the majority of political powers.

[L. Coyote]

38. Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

[magicarpet]

44. Lock 'em up Joe.

Throw away the keys.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Complicit

[the_sly_pig]

8. In my mind there are three ways to deal with proven traitors....

The French way.
The Russian way.
The ancient way.

With all its flaws the United States remains a beacon of hope for the rest of the world. And there are those that purposefully tried to undermine its founding principles for money or power or status. F them all.

[Mr. Ected]

9. 18 USC Section 1001

Concealment

The statute proscribes the acts of making false statements, falsifying, concealing or covering up. The statute also covers half-truths if there is a duty to speak the truth. See generally United States v. Lutwak, 195 F.2d 748 (7th Cir. 1948), aff'd, 344 U.S. 604 (1953).

Concealment and cover-up are essentially identical concepts and often result from falsification. These acts need not have any relation to a statement or representation.

[kacekwl]

10. A mistake

that you can walk away from with no consequences and a book deal.

[Sherman A1]

18. Yup

but only if you are a republican, because no rules apply to them.

[monkeyman1]

24. jeeze , I'm going to right a book about -

haveing to listen to the TDFG & the republican taliban for 5 f%#king yrs of damn nothing party bull-shit ! not only that , we have to put up pos pillow guy ! everybody condemning Russia about Ukraine , why can't we get RUPERT 'S pos tv channel off the air for supporting RUSSIA ? just don't make sense!

[NewHendoLib]

11. A crime that must be punished severely

[Irish_Dem]

12. They were not against the insurrection, they were just saving their own skins

They were avoiding liability.

[onecaliberal]

13. Did they really think we would think they didn't know anything.

[Irish_Dem]

14. They have always gotten away with everything.

They are the white male elite.

We know they are crooks but nothing much happens.

[onecaliberal]

16. Yes, I am still not sure that anything will.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Bill Barr is rehabbing his image, doing interviews and selling books.

Will make money on the lecture circuit and be a GOP icon.

[onecaliberal]

25. If they let these guys just go, we are begging for a coup to really happen.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Yes the next time they will be successful.

But a coup of sorts already happened.

When Putin bought off half the US congress, the WH and US media.

[onecaliberal]

27. You're so right and it's a good point. We should be sounding the alarms bells loudly.

Especially when we can point to what putrid is doing. We have an idiot on the right calling for us to invade Canada.

[Irish_Dem]

32. All of this is pure Putin psy-ops.

Distract and divide the US over foolish, stupid issues.
Make US democracy look ridiculous.

Create chaos in democratic nations while Putin plans to rule the world.

The takeover of the US was just a stepping stone to Putin taking control of the West. China will take control of the East.

The GOP is fine with all of this as long as they have permanent power in the US and access to all US assets.

[onecaliberal]

40. I guess the world is too. He's killed millions of brown people and no stopped him.

[Mister Ed]

15. My answer to your second question: "What if the criminals had actually gotten to Pelosi? "

I believe that Trump would have claimed it as cause to invoke his powers under the Insurrection Act, which, as I understand it, are almost as great as presidential powers under Martial Law. And I believe he might have then been able to remain in power.

[11 Bravo]

20. A Trump house party.

[Ohio Joe]

21. We know what those repugs call it...

A book opportunity.

[TrollBuster9090]

22. The BARR BACKSTEP?

The Barr Backstep: in five easy steps.

1. Help a crook to stage a soft coup d'etat.

2. When it becomes obvious that it's not going to succeed, you resign before the attempt is scheduled to take place.

3. Hide in a bunker for six months with a type writer.

4. Pop out of the ground, like a rat from a sewer pipe, with a tell-all book in hand, explaining how you tried to STOP the coup.

5. Go on a reputation-rehabilitation book tour, so that, hopefully, your grandchildren won't have to change their names and move to Argentina.

[Emile]

23. Sounds like a new book by William Barr!

[barbtries]

28. I guess the crimes could be

conspiracy, sedition?

2nd question, she would be dead now. of this I have no doubt.

[bringthePaine]

29. it starts with depraved indifference and gets worse thereafter

[Mr. Evil]

30. Whatever the word is that everyone agrees on,

I'm good with it.

For the actual shit-stain cockwombles it applies to, strap a parachute on their backs, load them on several transport planes and drop them randomly over Russia. Good fucking riddance to them!

[onecaliberal]

42. That would be outstanding.

[UTUSN]

31. K&R

[dchill]

33. I call it criminally dishonest.

If you've taken the oath of office, it should be a crime.

[Dan]

34. Misprison of a felony...

[The Jungle 1]

35. The future of our country depends on us getting this right.

Our justice systems must work.
Let your leaders know that you will not accept compromise.

[lame54]

36. The Republican Platform

[PatrickforB]

39. I'd call it TREASON. In fact, I have been calling it that since early 2020.

But there are other adjectives we can apply:

Corruption.
Incompetence.
Insurrection.
Malfeasance.
Stupidity.

Whatever word we use, we must admit we have nearly lost our republic, and we still have quite a ways to go to get it back.

[BamaRefugee]

41. To quote George Bush "Isn't that uniquely American!".

[Hekate]

43. Quislings. Fifth Columnists. Traitors (for real). Cowards. Double-crossers. Betrayers. Judas.

Name the thing, as The Magistrate extols us to do.

[diane in sf]

45. In my opinion, many of them were hoping the insurrection would succeed.