Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi) on Friday introduced a bill targeting former President Donald Trump that would strip him of Secret Service protection if he is convicted at trial.
in post X, House Homeland Security Committee Democrats said Thompson, the committee’s top member and former chairman of the now-defunct Jan. It was revealed that he had proposed a bill that would guarantee that “felons” would not be kept in the dark. Service protection.
in statementThompson said.
Unfortunately, current law does not predict how Secret Service protection would affect a protected person’s prison sentence for a felony, even a former president. It is unfortunate that this has happened, but this previously unthinkable scenario could become a reality. Therefore, we need to prepare and update our laws so that Americans can be assured that their protected status will not result in special treatment and that those sentenced to prison will indeed serve the required period of time. be.
Just in: Congressman @BennieGhompson Introduced legislation to remove Secret Service protection from convicted felons sentenced to prison.
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— House Homeland Security Committee Democrats (@HomelandDems) April 19, 2024
Denial of unlimited security and government resources allocated to highly disgraceful individuals who have been convicted of crimes (shameful) The old Guardianship Act provided that protection “terminates for any person upon conviction of a federal or state offense punishable by imprisonment for at least one year.”
thompson claim A fact sheet on the Disgraced Former Guardians Act states that the bill would “eliminate the possibility of conflicting lines of power within prisons and allow judges to address the logistical concerns of inmates receiving Secret Service protection.” “It allows us to consider an individual’s sentencing without consideration.” ”
Trump’s name is not mentioned in the text of the bill, but the fact sheet states, “Former President Donald J. Trump has been indicted on an unprecedented 91 felonies in federal and state courts across the United States. It has created a new emergency that Congress must address to ensure the protection of services.” Not to interfere with criminal justice proceedings or the administration of justice. ”
The fact sheet also notes that Thompson’s proposed legislation “also applies to former President Trump.”
Byron York, Chief Political Correspondent Washington Examiner, was pointed out in post In X, he said the underlying “obvious truth” was that taking away President Trump’s Secret Service “makes it easier for someone to kill President Trump.”
York wrote:
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson ran the Jan. 6 commission, which mixed elements of a show trial and a reality series. Of course, the focus is only on Trump. Currently, Thompson is subject to Secret Service protection for Trump if he is convicted of any of the 88 felonies brought against him by elected Democratic prosecutors and Biden Justice Department appointees. I would like to take it away. The obvious breakdown here is that removing the USSS would make it easier for someone to kill Trump, which is presumably the goal of Thompson’s bill, HR 8081: Disgraced Former Guardians Act. be.
More than 50 of the 96 potential jurors in President Trump’s hush-money trial, which began on Monday, were dismissed on the first day on grounds that they would not be impartial. On Thursday, 48 more potential jurors were dismissed for being unfair.
In April 2023, Bragg indicted Trump on 34 counts of first-degree falsification of business records related to hush money paid to adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. was prosecuted.
