“They want him killed.” – Alan Dershowitz explains latest Democrat plot against Trump.
Legal analyst Alan Dershowitz has warned moves by Democrat lawmakers to take away Donald Trump’s security if he is sent to prison are intended to facilitate his murder. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, has put forward legislation to strip anyone sentenced to a year or more in prison for a federal or state felony of Secret Service protection.
“That’s ridiculous, that means they want him killed because he’s obviously a target,” Dershowitz said of Thompson’s Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable (DISGRACED) Former Protectees Act.
“We live in an age where everybody is in danger… certainly Donald Trump needs to get Secret Service protection,” he added.
Thompson has made it clear his bill targets Trump, complaining that “current law doesn’t anticipate how Secret Service protection would impact the felony prison sentence of a protectee – even a former President.”
“[I]t is necessary for us to be prepared and update the law so the American people can be assured that protective status does not translate into special treatment,” he insists.
‘GUARANTEED VICTORY.’
Dershowitz does not believe Trump will be imprisoned at the end of his election interference trial in Manhattan. He predicts New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan will “bluff, fine and threat, but he’s not going to throw Donald Trump in jail.”
Such a move would mean “a guaranteed victory” in November’s presidential election, Dershowitz explained.
Trump’s legal team argues Merchan is compromised due to his family’s ties to the Democratic Party. The judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, has links to Adam Schiff and Kamala Harris and expressed support for her father imprisoning Trump by sharing pictures of him behind bars on social media.
However, Judge Merchan has refused requests that he recuse himself and banned the former president from talking about his family.
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Let’s see what happens. Dershowitz is hardly a trustworthy source of information. If Trump is convicted, it is not clear why would be killed. By the Constitution, the only impediment for Donald Trump to be a presidential candidate is being convicted and imprisoned. That would make him unelectable.
