PB>>18562496
Bongino said if Trump is in jail, Secret Service are in jail with him. They have the authority to dictate the setting, the size and the circumstances
Yes!
Is that why he cancelled grand jury today to prepare to show up tomorrow?
Go take an anti depressant or anti anxiety herb, you’ll get over it. Rome wasn’t built in a day
YW, it was nice to hear
PB>>18562496
Bongino said if Trump is in jail, Secret Service are in jail with him. They have the authority to dictate the setting, the size and the circumstances
Former Presidents Act
The Former Presidents Act (known also as FPA; 3 U.S.C. § 102 note (P.L. 85-745))[1]is a 1958 U.S. federal law that provides several lifetime benefits to former presidents of the United States who have not been removed from officesolely pursuant to Article Twoof the United States Constitution.[2]
Before 1958, the U.S. federal governmentprovided no pension or other retirement benefits to former United States presidents. Andrew Carnegie offered to endow a US$25,000 (equal to $701,983 today) annual pension for former chief executives in 1912, but congressmen questioned the propriety of such a private pension. That prompted legislation to provide benefits to former presidents.[2]
The original act provided for lifetime Secret Service protection for former presidents. In 1994, protection was reduced to ten years for presidents first taking office after 1996. This protection limitation was reversed in early 2013 by the Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012.[3]
All living former presidents and their spouses after Dwight D. Eisenhower are now entitled to receive lifetime Secret Service protection. Their children are entitled to protection "until they become 16 years of age".[4]
Benefits
By law, former presidents are entitled to a pension, staff, office expenses, medical care, health insurance, and Secret Service protection.
Pension
The Secretary of the Treasury pays a taxable pension to the president. Former presidents receive a pension equal to the salary of a Cabinet secretary (Executive Level I); as of 2020, it was $219,200 per year[5] and since January 2022, $226,300. The pension begins immediately after a president's departure from office.[6] A formerpresident's spousemay also be paid a lifetime annual pension of $20,000 if they relinquish any other statutory pension.[2]
==Transition=
Transition funding for the expenses of leaving office is available for seven months. It covers office space, staff compensation, communications services, and printing and postage associated with the transition.[2]
Staff and office
Private office staff and related funding is provided by the administrator of the General Services Administration. People employed under this subsection are selected by and responsible only to the former president for the performance of their duties. Each former president fixes basic rates of compensation for persons employed for them, not exceeding an annualized total of $150,000 for the first 30 months and $96,000 thereafter.[2][7]
Secret Service protection
From 1965 to 1996, former presidents were entitled to lifetime Secret Serviceprotection, for themselves, spouses, and children under 16. A 1994 statute, Pub. L. 103–329, limited post-presidential protection toten yearsfor presidents inaugurated after January 1, 1997.[8] Under this statute, Bill Clinton would still be entitled to lifetime protection, andall subsequent presidents would have been entitled to ten years of protection. [9] On January 10, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012, reinstating lifetime Secret Service protection forhis predecessor George W. Bush, himself, and all subsequent presidents.[10]
Richard Nixon relinquished his Secret Service protection in 1985, the only president to do so.[11]
Article 2 of the Constitution
Section 2 of Article Two lays out the powers of the presidency, establishing that the president servesas the commander-in-chief of the military, among many other roles. This section gives the president the power to grant pardons.
Section 2 also requires the "principal officer" of any executive department to tender advice. Though not required by Article Two, President George Washingtonorganized the principal officers of the executive departments into the Cabinet, a practice that subsequent presidents have followed. The Treaty Clause grants the president the power to enter into treaties with the approval of two-thirds of the Senate. The Appointments Clause grants the president the power to appoint judges and public officials subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, which in practice has meant that presidential appointees must be confirmed by a majority vote in the Senate. The Appointments Clause also establishes that Congress can, by law, allow the president, the courts, or the heads of departments to appoint "inferior officers" without requiring the advice and consent of the Senate. The final clause of Section 2 grants the president the power to make recess appointments to fill vacancies that occur when the Senate is in recess.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Presidents_Act
22 Mar, 2023 21:30
Cost of Ukraine reconstruction revealed(OTW known as Ukraine Shakedown)
The estimated cost of rebuilding and restoring Ukraine has surpassed the $400 billion mark, a fresh report suggests
Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery bill has grown to $411 billion, according to a new assessment conducted jointly by the country’s government, the World Bank, the European Commission, and the UN.
According to the evaluation, Kiev would require$14 billion this year alonefor the most critical and prioritized reconstruction investments. The estimated costs mean the country’s government will need $11 billion in external financingover the sum already allocated for these tasksin the annual budget, according to the assessment.
“Energy infrastructure, housing, critical infrastructure, the economy, and humanitarian demining are our five priorities for this year,”Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said in a statement.
The new evaluationrepresented a $60 billion increasecompared to the previous assessment, which was released by the group last September. Back then, the estimated costs of recovery and repair amounted to $349. The figures apparently indicate that most of the damage to the country was inflicted over the first six months of the ongoing conflict with Russia, which began late in February 2022.
The figures “should be consideredas minimumsas needs will continue to rise as long as the war continues,” the report noted. According to the World Bank’s vice president for Europe and Central Asia, Anna Bjerde, the reconstruction of Ukraine will “take several years,” with the official providing no estimates as to when it might actually begin. Bjerde also said that public investments in Ukraine should be “complemented by significant private investment to increase the available financing for reconstruction.” It was not immediately clear who exactly was expected to foot the bill.
According to Shmygal, “the amount of damage and recovery needs currentlydoes not include data on the loss of infrastructure, housing, and businesses in the occupied territories.” The PM was apparently referring to the formerly Ukrainian territories that were incorporated into Russia last year following referendums – Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions alongside the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics – as well as Crimea, which broke away from Ukraine and reunified with Russia back in 2014 following the Maidan coup in Kiev.
https://www.rt.com/news/573438-ukraine-reconstruction-costs-report/
These stupid people always write a book
Seriously do the other 25% hate their children