Friday, August 19, 2016

Trump Would Send U.S. Citizens Accused Of Terrorism To Guantanamo Bay For Trial

Donald Trump does not believe U.S. citizens accused of terrorism should be tried in the regular judicial system and would prefer to see them adjudicated by military tribunals.

He told the Miami Herald on Thursday that he would like to send more terrorists to a “very safe place” like Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and would stop releasing “bad ones” who are being held in that facility.

Asked by reporter Patricia Mazzei whether he would “try to get the military commissions — the trial court there — to try U.S. citizens,” Trump indicated that he would.

“Well, I know that they want to try them in our regular court systems, and I don’t like that at all. I don’t like that at all,” he explained. “I would say they could be tried there, that would be fine.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/donald-trump-military-tribunals-for-us-citizens-10e2686a4f40#.6fv3i0sl0


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