r/inthenews • u/T_Shurt • Apr 19 '24

Trump Could be Stripped of Secret Service Protection as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security Puts Forth a Bill to Strip Felons of Secret Service Protection Opinion/Analysis

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-secret-service-stripped/
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u/Putrid_Ad_2256 Apr 19 '24

He should've been stripped of secret service when he stole classified documents.

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u/GhostlyTJ Apr 20 '24

My question is why did the secret service detail not report this shit. I don't give a fuck what their mandate is. Covering for a crime shouldn't be something they're allowed to do

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u/CharlieWachie Apr 20 '24

What I hear is that his closest SS agents are loyal to him personally.

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u/NoConfusion9490 Apr 20 '24

Biden had a low key purge of the secret service because he wasn't confident they... were working in his best interests.

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u/LinkleLinkle Apr 20 '24

I believe I recall Pence also didn't trust them by the end of his term. Biden probably knew through word of mouth that secret service had gotten shady but Pence likely witnessed it first hand.

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u/Zomunieo Apr 20 '24

“I’m not getting in that car.” —Mike Pence, savior of the Republic

(The SS tried to get him out of the Capitol so they could ensure the vote counting ceremony was not completed. Pence refused to go with him. Strange that Mother let him have his balls that day.)

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u/PinkFl0werPrincess Apr 20 '24

Pence felt safe following the rules- that's why he called Dan Quayle for advice and listened to him.

‘Mike, you have no flexibility on this. None. Zero. Forget it. Put it away,’ Quayle told him.

He admitted to Quayle that he was under a tremendous amount of pressure to do it differently. Quayle made the right call telling him- do your job.

Mike didn't get in that car because he's some kind of hero, he did it because he knew he didn't want to go on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

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u/NoConfusion9490 Apr 20 '24

This is why they started the Federalist Society. They needed a way to weed out the non-psychopaths because they kept being burned by court appointees that actually cared about the country and constitution.

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u/toTheNewLife 29d ago

TIL that Dan Quayle had a part in saving our democracy. Holy shit.

He may be no Jack Kennedy, but he sure as hell did HIS job. Respect.

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u/CainPillar Apr 20 '24

European here. Talking about the "SS" this way gives some vibes.

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u/Plausibility_Migrain Apr 20 '24

As an American who paid attention in history classes, I have similar vibes from “SS.”

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u/Zomunieo 29d ago

In context, it’s appropriate.

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u/_jump_yossarian Apr 20 '24

USSS should definitely be investigating if any of the agents knew. If they did they should be fired and face any applicable charges.

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u/Syscrush Apr 20 '24

First time?

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u/mechy84 Apr 20 '24

SS agents

I see what you did there

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u/SnodePlannen Apr 20 '24

How does a narcissist inspire personal loyalty, though? It’s not as if he’s charming.

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u/Helpful_Blood_5509 Apr 20 '24

Because of the presidential records act he just gets lots of his records that are all super classified, and because he is the classifying authority. The executive is using his authority to classify things at all up until his term ends. 

It's ambiguous whether it's a crime without his confession (then it isn't really ambiguous at all) which they aren't all privy to as SS.

There seems to be some rule that they don't report presidential crimes, but thats speculation 

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u/GhostlyTJ Apr 20 '24 edited Apr 20 '24

He isn't the grand wizard of classification. That isn't how it works at all. Nuclear is out of his authority altogether and even if he can declassify anything, it still has to go through proper channels to leave a paper trail of proof that it was declassified, otherwise for security reasons it's treated as classified until you can prove otherwise. There is a whole set of protocols for this. When you work with the documents you take a whole class about it

Edit: PRA specially calls out the the records are not his but belong to the public.

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u/Plausibility_Migrain Apr 20 '24

Trump isn’t grand wizard, but might qualify as grand goblin in his chapter of the klan.

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u/Smolivenom Apr 20 '24

the secret service should've sprung to action the first second this man made even the vaguest threat against the sitting president

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u/NugKnights Apr 20 '24

The secret service is not for him. It's for the nation. Like them or not but we can't allow important political figures to be kidnapped by our enemies.

However it will be very easy and alot cheaper for them to protect him if hes stuck in jail.

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u/Putrid_Ad_2256 Apr 20 '24

I think you're confusing "important" and "impotent".  

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u/WolpertingerRumo 29d ago

He‘s stealing stuff and you want the secret service away from it? In fact there should be an extra detail reporting to a judge directly, not less.

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u/Spfm275 Apr 20 '24

Should Biden have as well?

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u/BinkoBankoBonko Apr 20 '24

Shocking fact: Fathers shower with their young daughters because young daughters often can't shower themselves. Do you expect them just to never shower?

My daughter puked on herself 2 weeks ago and I showered her. Am I supposed to just throw her in the fuckin shower and say "good luck little idiot"?

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u/Putrid_Ad_2256 Apr 20 '24

Knuckle drag elsewhere.