Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, has been in trouble with the law since leaving the Oval Office. Today, in April 2024, although he is seeking another presidential term, Donald Trump makes history by becoming the first American president to be tried for criminal charges.
Indeed, he is being prosecuted for allegedly making secret payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels through his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, before his 2016 presidential campaign. The trial officially began on Monday, April 22 after a fairly lengthy vetting process to find jurors, and, already, Donald Trump has shown numerous signs of insolence which annoyed the judge.
This behavior and its potential consequences forced the secret services to consider a radical and unprecedented solution.
Donald Trump could be thimprisoned
ABC News reports that the Secret Service has “organized meetings and started planning” their actionsin anticipation of what would happen if Donald Trump was charged with contempt. According to the American dictionary Merriam Websterbeing charged with contempt can be described as follows: “deliberate disobedience Or lack of respect with respect to a court, judge or legislative body.”
Indeed, as is now customary, Donald Trump is in trouble after breaking his obligation to remain silent and making comments about witnesses and members of the court on his own social media, Truth Social. Furthermore, as explained ABC NewsTrump’s arrest for contempt is something Judge Merchan considered on Tuesday, April 23, following what he describes as a “contentious hearing”.
However, so far, Donald Trump appears to be lucky as prosecutors have apparently chosen to seek a fine instead. But all this still largely depends on Donald Trump’s behavior during the legal proceedings.
What did the secret services say?
As expected, the Protective Service declined to respond and/or comment on Trump’s situation. In a statement, they explained: “Under federal law, the United States Secret Service must provide protection to sitting heads of government, former presidents and first ladies, visiting heads of state, and other persons designated by the President the United States”.
“For any situation around the world, we study locations and develop comprehensive, layered protection models that integrate cutting-edge technologies, protection intelligence and advanced security tactics to protect the people we protect. , we do not comment on specific protection operations.”
As a reminder, Trump has violated the order to remain silent at least 10 times in the past month.
This article was translated from Oh!MyMag UK
Sources used :
ABC News: Secret Service prepares for if Trump is jailed for contempt in hush money case
Merriam-Webster – Contempt
