I was detained for protesting Trump. Heres what the Secret Service asked me

[muriel_volestrangler]

114. Ah, now that's worth considering.

People saying "it's obvious this was illegal" should note that's a recent law, specific to places the SS has secured.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr347enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr347enr.pdf

" Whoever—
‘‘(1) knowingly enters or remains in any restricted building
or grounds without lawful authority to do so;
‘‘(2) knowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt the
orderly conduct of Government business or official functions,
engages in disorderly or disruptive conduct in, or within such
proximity to, any restricted building or grounds when, or so
that, such conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly
conduct of Government business or official functions;"

It's arguable that hanging a banner would not "impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions", since Trump can walk past it. The media would probably take pictures of it, but it's not part of government business that they only look at Trump. They let her into the building, so she would claim she had lawful authority to be there; she would have to leave as soon as they told her to, when they saw the banner.

Yes, they can remove you, but that doesn't mean what you did was illegal, nor that it's OK for them to demand medical records and spend time asking neighbours about your motivations and behaviour.