Trump Felony Would Mean Loss Of Secret Service, Perks Under Democratic Bills
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Two Democratic House members introduced their legislation before Trump’s trial and subsequent conviction in New York.
As an ex-president now with a felony on his record, Donald Trump would lose his Secret Service protection or the usual perks, like an office, of post-White House under bills sponsored by two House Democrats.
But the idea Trump could forfeit his protective detail because of his conviction on 34 state counts of falsifying business records in New York led one Republican to say Democrats are rooting for Trump’s assassination, even though the bills are unlikely to advance soon.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) introduced one of the bills and said he did so after heading up the House committee that looked at the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol.
“I was disappointed in how the president conducted himself as president. He put a lot of people’s lives in danger. So I saw that,” Thompson told HuffPost.
“But more importantly, why would you want to protect a felon?”
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