It's a damning indictment of their ethics and sense of duty that they would need to be compelled to testify rather than report it themselves in the 1st instance.
Much like Gen. Milley's pre jan.6th reminder to his officers that their loyalty is to the Constitution and not to any individual. One would hope that the Secret Service agents assigned to Trump would know their loyalty is to the office of POTUS, not to the person holding it, nor any past holders.
I'm off to have a dig and see if I can find the Secret Services policy on Ethics and if there are any mandatory reporting requirements.
To be fair , Trump reviewing a bunch of documents would not necessarily automatically scream "Criminal activity" , but your point stands though.
I would imagine though that Trump would have worked hard to weed out anyone that wasn't completely obsequious to him.
I can't imagine him reacting well to someone taking the view that they worked for the office of POTUS and not for him personally.
Trump reviewing a bunch of documents would not necessarily automatically scream "Criminal activity" ,
It would if those documents are ones that you are obligated to hand over, the body that wants them has told you to hand them over... And then you go have another shufty at them and then claim that you don't have them and never did.
In practical terms though the Secret Service is there to protect his person. Its not their business to know what documents he has or is reading. Even if they somehow guessed he was reading official documents, without knowing the content they could not know whether it was improper, and even if they decided it was improper, is it their job to be concerned about what documents he reads or has in his possession.
'excuse me Mr President, may I just have a look at the contents of that box to make sure you are supposed to have whatever is in it?'
Looking forward to the mugshot. I'm going to sell tshirts and assorted merch with it on to both sides of this **** show.
Expect to make *at least* 1x boards.ie user salivating lefty hivemind midwit IT/civil service/excelcel salary by the end of the year from this!
NY doesnt release mug shots any more.
If the NY mugshot leaks? It's potentially a gift to Trump's victim narrative,as AFAICR NY law prohibits the release of the mug shot these days.
Bet you a dollar Trump releases it himself, just like he did with the search of MAL and even announcing the looming indictment
Does the defendant get a copy of their mugshot? Though even if he doesn't i'm sure Trump will fake one.
Self quote here just to follow up on my
I was banging away in the Westlaw library and slowly getting info together by cross-referencing legislation with criminal code and then checking DOH info. When a thought struck me. This is surely something that an AI can answer quicker than I can?
Well, thanks to BingAI for the below and for making me feel that legal research skills are now obsolete 😳
The United States Secret Service has a reporting requirement for certain criminal activities. According to 18 U.S. Code § 3056, no personnel and operational elements of the United States Secret Service shall report to an individual other than the Director of the United States Secret Service, who shall report directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security without being required to report through any other official of the Department¹. However, this section does not specify what criminal activities must be reported.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.
Source: Conversation with Bing, 03/04/2023(1) 18 U.S. Code § 3056 - Powers, authorities, and duties of United States .... https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3056 Accessed 03/04/2023.
(2) Top Secret and Secret Security Clearance Self-Reporting Requirements .... https://news.clearancejobs.com/2021/11/10/top-secret-and-secret-security-clearance-self-reporting-requirements-arent-the-same/ Accessed 03/04/2023.
(3) 18 U.S. Code § 2258A - Reporting requirements of providers. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2258A Accessed 03/04/2023.
So it must be reported, and if you don't report then you are in big trouble, but you should only report the things that must be reported as to report things which shouldn't be reported is also not good... But we're not going to tell you what should be reported. :)
Dunno what they're asking them but it sounds like the witnesses will be instructed on that, and the fact there is no privilege argument.
So I mean what can they do but answer the questions, or refuse to answer the questions in contempt of court, or plead the fifth?
Oh boy all those Hillary chickens coming home to roost
Ken Buck's argument for Clinton was:
“Lady Justice doesn’t see black or white. She doesn’t see male or female. She doesn’t see rich or poo. But soon, Lady Justice will see Hillary Clinton.”
But here he specifically says Lady Justice is supposed to see 'defendants former status in the government' and bizarrely says it's 'not blindfolded' for lady justice here for Bragg to blindfold their prosecution from such a political consideration.
Individual One is in transit, folks.
Lady Justice doesn’t see...rich or poo
In fairness she'll be looking at rich and poo tomorrow
...[sic]
Right wing twitter (is there any other twitter left?) had a big strop about helicopter footage of a wanted felon in transit
They don't see the irony (and still lament not putting OJ away)
Nevermind the years of free 'coverage' with all the fixation on 'her emails' over the years etc.
Besides aren't his supporters happy to see the plane they paid for taking flight again?
Georgia indictment coming in the first week of May apparently
Now that would be fun
Source?!
April Showers bring May flowers.
Are those, Golden Showers?
A sad indictment on American society that someone has to actually call out a serving member of Congress about inciting violence.
The fact she somehow got elected says everything about America and the Republicans.
To be the devils advocate, the 'capsizing Guam' Democrat is still perpetually in office... 🤣
Capsizing Guam would probably be one of Marjies more sane ideas.
Another MediaITE writer apparently took a swipe at this replete with half a dozen screengrabs from Fox News, themselves obsessed with covering Trump's travel, while simultaneously and unironically complaining about the media (themselves) obsessing over it.
https://fr24.com/B752/2fc25e08...
Think he's about to land...
and several news choppers in the air by the look of it
touching down - pretty sure this is N95TV's helicopter feed
Wheels down and the choppers are closing in for the view.
