{"id":2295530,"date":"2024-07-15T17:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bennie-thompson-defends-bill-on-trump-secret-service-detail-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T17:12:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T21:12:08","slug":"bennie-thompson-defends-bill-on-trump-secret-service-detail-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bennie-thompson-defends-bill-on-trump-secret-service-detail-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bennie Thompson defends bill on Trump Secret Service detail &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbennie-thompson-defends-bill-on-trump-secret-service-detail-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2295530&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. \u2062Bennie Thompson defended a bill that would remove Secret Service protection from any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-uaw-union-president-sentenced-on-corruption-charges\/\" title=\"Former UAW union president sentenced on corruption charges\">president sentenced<\/a> to prison. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">faced criticism<\/a> after applauding law enforcement for responding to an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Thompson clarified \u200cthat his bill would not have affected security during the \u200bincident and \u2064aims to address authority when a protectee is in custody \u200cof another\u200c law enforcement agency. Thompson&#8217;s post\u200b praising police at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-bar-association-endorses-dropping-lsat-for-admission-to-law-school\/\" title=\"American Bar Association Endorses Dropping LSAT For Admission To Law School\">rally received<\/a> significant attention, with more than 18,000 comments in less than 48 hours.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bennie Thompson defends bill that could have dropped Trump Secret Service detail<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/anna-giaritelli\/\">Anna Giaritelli<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-15T16:42:56-04:00\">July 15, 2024 4:42 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1703815\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Democrat <\/a>criticized for proposing legislation that would strip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> protection from any president sentenced to prison defended the bill Monday and declined to say whether he would withdraw it in light of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3082343\/everything-we-know-about-secret-services-role-response-trump-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>assassination attempt<\/a> on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) has faced blowback for applauding law enforcement who responded Saturday evening when a suspected 20-year-old gunman attempted to assassinate Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania given that in April, he introduced a bill that would strip a convicted presidential candidate of federal security once behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson\u2019s post praising police at the rally received more than 18,000 comments in less than 48 hours after he posted it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no room in American democracy for political violence. I am grateful for law enforcement\u2019s fast response to this incident. <\/p>\n<p>I am glad the former President is safe, and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BennieGThompson\/status\/1812275735039730041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy bill would not have affected the Secret Service\u2019s presence during this tragic event,\u201d Thompson said in a statement Monday. \u201cIt aims to clarify lines of authority when a protectee is sentenced to prison and is in the custody of another law enforcement agency. That does not apply to the former President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On April 19, Thompson <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats-homeland.house.gov\/news\/legislation\/ranking-member-thompson-introduces-legislation-to-ensure-no-secret-service-protection-for-convicted-felons-sentenced-to-prison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>introduced<\/a> the Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act to automatically bar Secret Service protection for anyone sentenced to prison for a federal or state felony conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navalny-moved-to-prison-medical-ward-for-vitamin-therapy-u-s-warns-of-consequences-if-he-dies-in-prison\/\" title=\"Navalny Moved To Prison Medical Ward For \u2018Vitamin Therapy,\u2019 U.S. Warns Of \u2018Consequences\u2019 If He Dies In Prison\">prison authorities<\/a> would be responsible for the welfare of inmates, including politicians.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s introduction preceded Trump\u2019s late May conviction on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-presiding-over-trumps-arraignment-bars-video-cameras-from-courtroom\/\" title=\"Judge Presiding Over Trump\u2019s Arraignment Bars Video Cameras From Courtroom\">34 felony counts<\/a> in a New York trial related to business fraud for payments his campaign made to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>The sentencing has been delayed amid a Supreme Court decision on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/watch\/1703752\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>presidential immunity<\/a> protocols.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1703815\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1703815\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bennie Thompson defended his proposed bill that would remove Secret Service protection from any president sentenced to prison, despite facing criticism for it. Thompson clarified that his bill would not have affected the Secret Service&#8217;s presence during the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump. The bill aims to clarify lines of authority when a protectee is in custody of another law enforcement agency. Thompson introduced the bill before Trump&#8217;s conviction on felony charges, and the sentencing has been delayed pending a Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2295531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bennie-thompson-democrat.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35145,3895,34163,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2295530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bennie-thompson","tag-bill","tag-secret-service","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bennie-thompson-democrat.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}