Former President Donald J. Trump (Photo by Tia Dufour) The left is holding nothing back in helping former President Donald Trump in the polls. Yes
The left is holding nothing back in helping former President Donald Trump in the polls. Yes, they love him. They must, as ratings are needed.
CNN has seven Trump headlines on its front page, with the Associated Press only four stories on their front page today.
However, MSNBC has an entire section dedicated to Trump and additional stories covering the former president.
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Even former employees are showing Trump some love, with former host Keith Olbermann taking the cake with a response to the Biden campaign on X. There is no such thing as bad PR, or so the saying goes.
“Trump says he has been treated worse than, who was assassinated,” the Biden campaign account posted on Saturday.
“There’s always the hope,” Olbermann wrote.
In the United States, the crime of threatening the President is a serious offense that is considered a crime against the government.
The First Amendment protects the right to free speech, but there are limits to this right, especially when it comes to making threats against government officials.
Understanding Federal Laws: Threats Against Government Officials
The federal laws that criminalize threats against the President and other federal officials can be found in Chapter 41 of the U.S. Code.
This chapter covers a range of offenses related to threats against federal officials, including crimes against the government such as blackmail, extortion, and kickbacks. However, for the purpose of this article, we will focus specifically on threats against the President, Vice President, and other government officials.
According to the federal laws at 18 U.S.C. Sections 871 and 879, it is illegal to make threats against the following individuals:
- President and Vice President
- President-elect and Vice President-elect
- Any officer next in the order of succession to the President
- Member of the immediate family of the President and Vice President
- Member of the immediate family of the President-elect and Vice President-elect
- Any former President or their immediate family members
- A major candidate for the office of President or Vice President, or any of their immediate family
- Anyone protected by the Secret Service
- Any internationally protected person outside the United States who is a representative, officer, employee, or agent of the United States and a U.S. national
For a violation of these sections to occur, the threat must be knowing and willful, and it must constitute a threat to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon the President or another protected person.
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