Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson, the leader of the January 6 Select Committee, attempted to strip Donald Trump of his Secret Service protection before the assassination attempt on Saturday.
Trump was the victim of an assassination attempt during a Pennsylvania rally Saturday.
"Unfortunately, current law doesn't anticipate how Secret Service protection would impact the felony prison sentence of a protectee-even a former President," Thompson wrote in an official statement when introducing the legislation.
Although Trump's name is not mentioned in the bill's text, the fact sheet points out 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."
Now, Thompson wants to take away Trump's Secret Service protection if Trump is convicted on any of the 88 felony charges levelled against him by elected Democratic prosecutors and a Biden Justice Department appointee.
Trump has accused the January 6 Committee led by Thompson of a being a sham and a weaponized political effort.
Trump was convicted in a Manhattan courtroom weeks after Thompson introduced his bill, although sentencing has been postponed and the conviction might be overturned after a Supreme Court decision that could invalidate some of the evidence used to convict Trump.
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