Trump ‘fine’ with trials for U.S. citizens in military tribunals
Once again, Donald Trump shows a lack of understanding of U.S. law.
A President Donald Trump might push for Americans accused of terrorism to be tried in military tribunal at the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Republican nominee told the Miami Herald on Thursday.
“I would say they could be tried there, that would be fine,” Trump said in a brief interview ahead of his speech to home builders in Miami Beach.
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Under current federal law, it’s illegal to try U.S. citizens at military commissions. Changing the law would require an act of Congress.
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.