House Democrat Introduces Legislation That Would Strip Trump Of His Secret Service Protection

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) introduced legislation Friday that would strip former President Donald Trump of his Secret Service protection if convicted in his trial.

In an X post, House Homeland Security Committee Democrats announced that Thompson had introduced legislation that would prevent “convicted felons sentenced to prison” from receiving Secret Service protection. Thompson worked as the chair of the partisan January 6 Committee, which defied hundreds of years of Congressional precedent by refusing to allow House Republicans to choose their own members.

“Unfortunately, current law doesn’t anticipate how Secret Service protection would impact the felony prison sentence of a protectee-even a former President. It is regrettable that it has come to this, but this previously unthought-of scenario could become our reality,” Thompson wrote in a statement. “Therefore, it is necessary for us to be prepared and update the law so the American people can be assured that protective status does not translate into special treatment-and that those who are sentenced to prison will indeed serve the time required of them.”

The Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable (DISGRACED) Former Protectees Act would “terminate for any person upon sentencing following conviction for a Federal or State offense that is punishable for a term of imprisonment of at least one year.”

“The purpose of this bill is to hand off inmate protection to relevant prison authorities rather than involve the Secret Service. Further, the removal of Secret Service protection does not change the criminal statutes or alter the penalty for crimes,” the far-left congressman wrote in a fact sheet for the bill.

While former President Donald Trump is not explicitly mentioned in the text of the bill, Thompson noted that “former President Donald J. Trump’s unprecedented 91 felony charges in Federal and State courts across the country have created a new exigency that Congress must address to ensure Secret Service protection does not interfere with the criminal judicial process and the administration of justice.”

Critics have pointed out that Thompson’s bill would make the former president and leading Republican contender vulnerable to assassination.

Trump is currently on trial in deep blue New York City where he is defending himself against a case brought by a far-left prosecutor who campaigned on “getting Trump,” which is being presided over by a judge who donated to President Biden.

Bragg’s case has been repeatedly shredded by legal experts since it was announced last year. The Manhattan D.A. used COVID-era policies to expand the statute of limitations on an administrative payment error, which is generally a misdemeanor. Bragg then upgraded the charge to a felony, citing a “conspiracy” to commit another crime. The other crime has never been specified by Bragg.

He then copy/pasted the same charge 33 times, one for each administrative error, and charged the former president with 37 felonies.

Trump faces hundreds of years in prison if convicted in the New York case alone.