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☆ Trump's Secret Service agents would accompany him if he went to jail, says retired US judge
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Secret Service agents would follow Trump if he goes to jail, a retired US judge said. "No matter where he goes, he will have secret service protection," the former judge told Sky News. "No matter where he goes, he will have secret service protection, which creates just this bizarre image," Cosgrove said. Judge Cosgrove told Sky News that Trump's agents were legally bound to "protect him at all cost," with former presidents entitled to Secret Service protection for life under federal law. Former Secret Service officials told Insider's Robin Bravender and Dave Levinthal last November that, if Trump went to prison for any reason, Secret Service agents would very likely follow him.

☆ US Secret Service protection would follow Donald Trump to the slammer if he ever ended up there, former agents say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Robin Bravender | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"If Donald Trump gets sent to prison, what's the role of the Secret Service in that case?" Federal law entitles Trump and all other ex-presidents to Secret Service protections for life — although it didn't always. "Geez, the fact that we're thinking about him going to jail kind of scares me," said the former Secret Service official. While former presidents are entitled to Secret Service protection, they can opt to decline it — just as Nixon did after leaving office. They did so under the Clinton administration, when a law was passed that would afford ex-presidents 10 years of Secret Service security, rather than lifetime protections.

☆ Here's how Donald Trump could theoretically run for president in 2024 and govern the US from prison, according to 9 legal scholars
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Robin Bravender | Tina Sfondeles | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

If Trump landed in prison, nothing in the Constitution would block him from another White House run, according to nine legal experts interviewed by Insider. He served eight years in federal prison after being convicted on public-corruption charges. In the Oval Office, Trump conducted business at the ornate Resolute Desk. If he wound up in federal prison, he'd likely have more sway over his fate. Hochul would all but certainly reject calls to cut Trump legal slack in any fashion, pardons included.

☆ We found at least 25 ex-Gaetz staffers who don't mention the congressman by name on their LinkedIn page
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-20 | by ( Robin Bravender | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Gaetz's name is absent from McFaul's LinkedIn page, too, where he describes his duties during that time working as a chief of staff for an unnamed "congressman." At least 25 of Gaetz's former congressional staffers don't mention the Republican congressman by name on their LinkedIn pages, according to an Insider analysis. McFaul declined to comment about why Gaetz's name wasn't on his LinkedIn page or his Ballard bio page. She also worked for Miller, Gaetz's congressional predecessor, but doesn't name him on her LinkedIn page, either. Drew Angerer/Getty Images'Riding the wave'Some current and former Gaetz staffers continue to publicize their work for the congressman.

☆ EXCLUSIVE: The teacher who wrestled a gunman at Marjorie Taylor Greene's high school says Greene is 'an idiot' for wanting firearms in classrooms
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-14 | by ( Robin Bravender | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene has promoted conspiracy theories about school shootings. She defends her stance by referring to a 1990 hostage situation at her own high school. "She called me last summer before she started to campaign and was talking about the hostage situation," Tallant said. Greene called "gun-free" schools a "failure" in a January 19 tweet. In her 2020 call with Tallant, Greene "was trying to say that we should have all had guns," Tallant told CNHI.

☆ We watched 11 hours of old Matt Gaetz videos where he pushed for sexual predator legislation. He had much to say.
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( Robin Bravender | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Matt Gaetz helped enact Florida legislation to toughen penalties for sex offenses against children. He said in 2014 that sex offenders who prey on children were "simply wired differently." Gaetz, then 31 years old, served as the chairman of the Florida House of Representatives' Criminal Justice Subcommittee. He cosponsored legislation that increased the mandatory prison time for convicted sexual offenders, calling it some of the most important work his subcommittee would do. Gaetz cosponsored legislation that year that would increase Florida's mandatory minimum sentence for violent sexual offenders to 50 years.

☆ We spoke with 21 of Matt Gaetz's high-school classmates. Some say they could have predicted the congressman's sex scandal.
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-14 | by ( Robin Bravender | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

His high-school classmates are gossiping about him on their Facebook alumni group. Insider interviewed 21 of Gaetz's former classmates this month, including alumni from his Niceville High School graduating class of 2000 and members of Gaetz's high-school debate team. Gaetz's high-school classmates have been gossiping about him in a Facebook alumni group. Defining 'archipelago'Some of Gaetz's high-school classmates also knew him from his days in middle school. In high school, Gaetz "thought he was smarter than the teacher," Donahoo said.

☆ Matt Gaetz's Florida sex game included a 'Harry Potter' challenge and 'extra points' for sleeping in sorority houses, a female Republican tells Insider
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( Robin Bravender | Kayla Epstein | Tina Sfondeles | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Rep. Matt Gaetz is accused of playing a sex "game" with a "Harry Potter" theme. People got points if they had sex with married colleagues or did sorority overnights, a source said. The sex competition even involved the "Harry Potter" book series, the GOP source told Insider. Anyone who had sex with a certain conservative woman "won the whole game regardless of points," she said. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images'I'm not a monk'During Gaetz's Tallahassee days, about two dozen male lawmakers participated in the sex competition, the GOP insider said.

☆ Republican Party officials made a mysterious $36,000 payment in February to private investigators who advertise their use of surveillance drones and hidden cameras
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-22 | by ( Robin Bravender | Dave Levinthal | Tom Lobianco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Michigan company appears to use drones and secret cameras in its surveillance. "This could be a million and one things," a former RNC official told Insider of the payment. "You'd have to know specifically what they were after before you could draw any conclusions," the former RNC official said. A Cross Xamine Investigations promotional video includes images of surveillance drones and video cameras, as well as eyeglasses that appear to have a camera embedded in them. The RNC's payment to a private investigations firm is "far from common — very, very rare," another longtime Democratic operative familiar with opposition research said.

So how are politicians spending election night in the time of coronavirus? Others will be drinking beer and flipping channels between old movies and election results. That announcement helped kickstart a 36-day saga that finally ended with Bush winning the presidential election. There, she's having an election night party that's being live-streamed. "It's the ultimate easy comfort food for an election night that will be filled with a lot of anxiety early on, and hopefully a lot of joy later on."

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