4-20-2024
Latest Democratic Election Interference Tactic
Because former President Donald J. Trump is the nemesis of all the Democratic Party both fears and hates it is considered okay to convict him in the court of public opinion before and during his Hush Money trial in New York and a mounting number of criminal cases (91) in multiple states, thus insuring that INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY need not apply.
As I have written in previous RTM blogs politically based allegations do not equal guilt or convictions. Normally allegations are seen as political suicide or “career” ending.
What is on trial is FREEDOM IN AMERICA. The freedom to work hard, grow a family and create a work ethic that is unheard of in third world countries around the world.
Donald Trump has been and is being demonized because he stepped into the DC swamp knowing full well that there would be pushback. He may not have realized the extent of corruption, but with his eyes wide open knowing full well the exposure of corrupt politicians would be painful.
This latest tactic is one that was played even before Trump left office in 2021, as Democrats then attempted to cut ALL Former Presidents Act benefits from President Trump. It didn’t work then and it shouldn’t have even come up again, except ALL IS FAIR IN THE WAR ON TRUMP.
Remember when on January 20, 2021 newly elected Representatives Marjory Taylor Green (R-GA) introduced articles of impeachment for his misconduct toward Ukraine as Vice President on newly elected President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) did nothing with those articles, but did removed MTG from all committees and caucuses? Those same accusations were not given credence during the campaign season because it was not acceptable to politically target a rival candidate for President.
So what has changed? With Democrats – NOTHING!
American voters must stand their ground and make their votes count – the Constitution either works for all or it won’t work for any. – RTM
The Disgraced Act
House Democrats have introduced a bill that would strip Secret Service protection from convicted felons sentenced to prison, a move directly targeting former President Trump who is currently on criminal trial in New York City for alleged hush money payments made during the 2016 election campaign and faces several other cases which could land him behind bars.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the former chair of the now disbanded Jan. 6 congressional committee, introduced legislation that would automatically nix Secret Service protection for those who have been convicted of a federal or state felony that carries a minimum one-year prison term.
The proposed bill is provocatively called the “Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable (DISGRACED) Former Protectees Act.
The Former Presidents Act is a 1958 U.S. federal law that provides several lifetime benefits to former presidents of the United States who have not been removed from office solely pursuant to Article Two of the United States Constitution.
(3 U.S.C. § 102 note)
(a) Each former President shall be entitled for the remainder of his life to receive from the United States a monetary allowance at a rate per annum, payable monthly by the Secretary of the Treasury, which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, of the head of an executive department, as defined in section 101 of title 5, United States Code [section 101 of Title 5]. However, such allowance shall not be paid for any period during which such former President holds an appointive or elective office or position in or under the Federal Government or the government of the District of Columbia to which is attached a rate of pay other than a nominal rate.
(b) The Administrator of General Services shall, without regard to the civil-service and classification laws, provide for each former President an office staff. Persons employed under this subsection shall be selected by the former President and shall be responsible only to him for the performance of their duties. Each former President shall fix basic rates of compensation for persons employed for him under this paragraph which in the aggregate shall not exceed $96,000 per annum, except that for the first 30-month period during which a former President is entitled to staff assistance under this subsection, such rates of compensation in the aggregate shall not exceed $150,000 per annum. The annual rate of compensation payable to any such person shall not exceed the highest annual rate of basic pay now or hereafter provided by law for positions at level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5. United States Code [section 5313 of Title 5. Government Organization and Employees]. Amounts provided for “Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents” may be used to pay fees of an independent contractor who is not a member of the staff of the office of a former President for the review of Presidential records of a former President in connection with the transfer of such records to the National Archives and Records Administration or a Presidential Library without regard to the limitation on staff compensation set forth herein.
(c) The Administrator of General Services shall furnish for each former President suitable office space appropriately furnished and equipped, as determined by the Administrator, at such place within the United States as the former President shall specify.
(d) [Repealed. Pub. L. 86-682, § 12(c), Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 730. See sections 3214 and 3216 of Title 39.]
(e) The widow of each former President shall be entitled to receive from the United States a monetary allowance at a rate of $20,000 per annum, payable monthly by the Secretary of the Treasury, if such widow shall waive the right to each other annuity or pension to which she is entitled under any other Act of Congress. The monetary allowance of such widow–
(1) commences on the day after the former President dies;
(2) terminates on the last day of the month before such widow–
(A) dies; or
(B) remarries before becoming 60 years of age; and
(3) is not payable for any period during which such widow holds an appointive or elective office or position in or under the Federal Government or the government of the District of Columbia to which is attached a rate of pay other than a nominal rate.
(f) As used in this section, the term “former President” means a person–
(1) who shall have held the office of President of the United States of America;
(2) whose service in such office shall have terminated other than by removal pursuant to section 4 of article II of the Constitution of the United States of America; and
(3) who does not then currently hold such office.
(g) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of General Services up to $1,000,000 for each former President and up to $500,000 for the spouse of each former President each fiscal year for security and travel related expenses: Provided, That under the provisions set forth in section 3056, paragraph (a), subparagraph (3) of title 18, United States Code [section 3056(a)(3) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure], the former President and/or spouse was not receiving protection for a lifetime provided by the United States Secret Service under section 3056 paragraph (a) subparagraph (3) of title 18, United States Code; the protection provided by the United States Secret Service expired at its designated time; or the protection provided by the United States Secret Service was declined prior to authorized expiration in lieu of these funds.
The Constitution
Article 2
Section 4
The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
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