Posted on 02/24/2021 5:02:14 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Two key House Democrats will roll out legislation Thursday that would revoke a lifetime pension and other taxpayer-funded perks from former presidents who are convicted of felonies during or after office.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who leads the Democrats’ campaign arm, and Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) have authored the Restoring and Enforcing Accountability of Presidents (REAP) Act. It would reform the Former Presidents Act of 1958 by stripping past presidents convicted of felony of their $219,200 annual pension, office space and a budget to pay for staff.
The legislation does not impact lifetime Secret Service protection for convicted presidents. It will formally be introduced on Thursday, when Maloney and Jayapal will begin gathering co-sponsors.
The REAP Act does not specifically mention any former president by name but it’s a not-so-veiled swipe at former President Trump. The 45th president was just acquitted by the Senate after the House charged him with inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, and Trump is facing several criminal and civil investigations into his taxes and family business.
The Supreme Court just this week cleared the way for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., a Democrat, to obtain eight years of Trump’s tax returns and other financial records.
“Breaking the law has consequences — no matter how powerful you are, or were. Presidents who are convicted of a felony should not receive taxpayer-funded benefits. It’s that simple,” Maloney, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman, said in a statement. “The fact that this bill is now necessary in America brings me no joy, but we must demand accountability from those who have held our nation’s highest office.”
“While Congress must refuse to let Donald Trump off the hook for inciting a deadly insurrection and for committing countless other crimes during his lawless presidency," Jayapal added,
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Methinks it will affect demtards a lot more than republicans
Haters never quit.
Confirmation of banana republic status, that was fast.
Trump donates his pension, same as he did his salary.
If he runs again, he can count on my vote.
Trump should’ve released the names of the Congressmen and Women who offended (or who’s staff transgressed) leading to $27million in hush money being paid out (courtesy of Estados Stupidos taxpayers) to silence the sexual harassment claims against them.
The choir has YET to sing.
Yeah, they should include Capitol Hill denizens as well!
It’s okay to hate democrats.
Why stop at U.S. Presidents?
I believe it would not pass scotus review
For a country not to protect a former president and create such a security risk, no matter who they are...
Oh, there will be a loophole for Democrats. They'll still be able to get away with anything without consequences.
If it affects the President, it should affect the Legislative and Judicial branches as well.
Slip term limits in there as well.
Retroactive to Clinton and Obama?
Democrats are protected.
President Trump really sticks in the dems’ craws, doesn’t he? They wanted to ban him from office via impeachment/conviction, but that failed. They are toying with the idea of banning him from future office invoking the 14th Amendment. They are proposing legislation banning any ‘twice-impeached’ President from having his name on any Federal property and now, hoping for a felony conviction want to strip him of this Presidential pension.
President Trump will be 75 in June. His donation of his salary shows he doesn’t really need his Presidential pension. For better or worse, he won’t be around that much longer to torment you. (But I hope he enjoys a long life, if for no other reason as to make you miserable).
HA.!! Get someone to include Senators and congressmen on that list and watch how fast THAT bill falls out of favor... :)
The Dems will Hound Trump to his Grave and Beyond
Yes add every Elected Official and Appointed ones as well
just feeding their base, will go no where, so don’t get all worked up.
You know it, they’d recreate the Month Python ‘Run away, run away!’ bit...nothing but a-holes and elbows to be seen, receding.
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