Breaking: Protesting Trump is a federal crime, 4 charged in Chicago
After left wing protesters disrupted a Trump rally in Illinois, and a man jumped the stage to attack the GOP front runner, Donald Trump called for their arrests. Many thought it seemed harsh, but the law is on Trump’s side.
According to Reason.org:
What might be a surprise is the fact that quietly and right under our noses in 2012, Congress nearly unanimously passed H.R. 347 (a.k.a. the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act) which makes it a federal crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison to “willfully and knowingly” enter a restricted area or to engage in “disorderly or disruptive conduct” that in any way impedes “government business or official functions.”
Signed into law by President Obama, this supposed tweak of a pre-existing law effectively criminalized protest of any person under the protection of the Secret Service, a select group which includes both major parties’ front-runners for the presidential nomination. During the general election, the nominees of both parties are automatically assigned Secret Service protection, but Hillary Clinton, as a former first lady, is entitled to a Secret Service detail for the rest of her life, and Donald Trump has had a detail assigned to him since last November.
According to AP, 4 are now charged with obstructing justice related to the Trump riot:
CHICAGO — Chicago authorities say four
people were charged after the protest against Republican presidential
candidate Donald Trump.
The Chicago Police Department said in a
news release sent Saturday night that the three men from Chicago and a
45-year-old woman from Michigan were arrested and charged for
participating in a disturbance at the protest Friday night.
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