on Friday introduced legislation that would strip Secret Service protection from convicted felons sentenced to prison, a bill clearly aimed at former President Donald Trump.
“Unfortunately, current law doesn’t anticipate how Secret Service protection would impact the felony prison sentences of a protectee – even a former President,” Thompson, the former chairman of the House Jan. 6 select committee, said in a statement.
“It is regrettable that it has come to this, but this previously unthought-of scenario could become our reality,” he added.
Thompson called the thought of a Secret Service protectee being sentenced to prison a “previously unthought-of scenario.”
“This measure would apply to former President Trump” if he is convicted of a felony, the document released by Thompson states.
The bill would prevent Trump from having Secret Service protection while in prison, if he’s convicted of a felony and sentenced to serve time behind bars.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and faces hundreds of years in prison if convicted on all charges in all four cases. »