NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 6: Former President Donald Trump prepares to testify during his trial in New York State Supreme Court on November 06, 2023 in New York City. Trump is scheduled to testify in the civil fraud trial that alleges that he and his two sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump conspired to inflate his net worth on financial statements provided to banks and insurers to secure loans. New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued seeking $250 million in damages. His sons testified in the trial last week and his daughter Ivanka Trump is scheduled to testify on Wednesday after her lawyers were unable to block her testimony. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi), the former chair of the disbanded January 6 committee, has proposed a new bill that would strip the Secret Service of protection from convicted felons.
Thompson introduced the Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable (DISGRACED) Former Protectees Act. The bill targets individuals convicted of felonies with a jail sentence of one year or more. With Republicans currently holding the majority, it is unlikely the bill will pass through the House.
In Thompson’s proposal, the representative named former President Donald Trump as someone who could lose Secret Service protection. Trump faces 91 felony charges across four state and federal cases, including his hush money trial.
Thompson stated, “Unfortunately, current law doesn’t anticipate how Secret Service protection would impact the felony prison sentence of a protectee—even a former President.”
Since 1965, former presidents and their spouses have been granted lifetime protection unless they decline. With Trump’s security team, some speculated that the former President would serve jail time at home rather than in prison. Secret Service protection also extends to executive members and their families, meaning the bill would also apply to high-ranking officials.
Thompson’s team also wrote, “This bill would remove the potential for conflicting lines of authority within prisons and allow judges to weigh the sentencing of individuals without having to factor in the logistical concerns of convicts with Secret Service protection.”
On Friday, Trump faced a New York City court for his hush money trial, where a man set himself on fire outside the courthouse. The judge has warned Trump that he will be arrested if he disrupts the court or misses any days it is in session.
On Thursday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was officially disbarred in Washington, D.C. for…
Capaldi continued, “[My favorite off-screen moment was] Any time we had to do a scene…
Of the backlash and slander he received, Minhaj said, it "was painful, there’s no doubt…
Smith said her mission was to show her children a world where women are allowed…
He continued, “You are looking at someone who’s eaten a king size, and when I…
A statue of the late singer-songwriter Johnny Cash was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol. It…
View Comments
Trump is the best candidate out of everyone that's running for the office of the President of the United States of America. Joe Biden needs to step down from the Presidential office because he's no good for this country. They need to stop trying to prosecute Trump and let him get back to work running this country. Biden is trying to get Trump prosecuted because he's scared of Trump.