18 U.S.C. § 2382
Misprision of treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 33
cases (21 in the last 5 years), 1967–2026 · leading case: Arthur B. Keys, Jr. v. United States Department of Justice
Arthur B. Keys, Jr. v. United States Department of Justice (1987)
“Appellant, who seems to be among those who still believe that Adamic may have been assassinated, perhaps by foreign operatives, does not deny that the FBI could reasonably have acted on a like hunch. That suspicion alone would have justified probing the incident for leads to…”
Socialist Workers Party v. Attorney General of United States (1986)
“§§ 2385 , 2387, which makes it a crime to advocate the violent overthrow of the Government or to urge insubordination in the military, and statutes prohibiting misprision of treason, 18 U.S.C. § 2382 , rebellion or insurrection, 18 U.”
United States v. Bin Laden (2000)
“” 18 U.S.C. § 2382 (b) (emphasis added). 15 Because (i) Congress explicitly intended Section 2332(b) to apply extrater-ritorially, and (ii) foreign nationals are in at least as good a position as are United States national to engage in extraterritorial conspiracies to kill…”
Padilla v. Hanft (2005)
“§ 2339B (providing material support to certain terrorist organizations); 18 U.S.C. § 2382 (misprision of treason); 18 U.”
People v. Lauria (1967)
“Code, §38; 18 U.S.C. § 2382 .) In other felonies, both at common law and under the criminal laws of the United States, an individual knowing of the commission of a felony is criminally liable for concealing it and failing to make it known to proper authority.”
United States v. Lazarenko (2007)
“See 18 U.S.C. § 2382 (establishing five-year period of limitations for criminal charges brought against La-zarenko).”
Hedges v. Obama (2012)
“§ 2332b (acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries); 18 U.S.C. § 2382 (misprision of treason); 18 U.”
MIRARCHI v. United States Executive Branch of Government (2023)
“For the following reasons, the Court will grant Mirarchi leave to proceed in 1 Mirarchi commenced this action on April 20, 2023 by submitting a thirteen-page report under 18 U.S.C. § 2382 , with exhibits totaling more than 300 pages.”
McKoby v. Biden, Jr (2022)
“that President Biden has 11 committed misprision of treason in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2382 , which provides: 12 Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon 13 as may be,…”
Ercole A. Mirarchi v. John G. Roberts, Jr., et al. (2026)
“§ 2381 - Treason; (2) 18 U.S.C. § 2382 - Misprision of treason; (3) 18 U.”
Davis v. Thompson (2024)
“” Plaintiff also asserts that defendants committed treason in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2382 , denied his federal rights in violation of 18 U.”
LaMie v. Morgan (2025)
“) Likewise, to the extent Plaintiff cites 18 U.S.C. § 2382 (“Misprision of treason”) (see ECF No.”
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