{"id":326370,"date":"2026-04-25T05:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=326370"},"modified":"2026-04-27T06:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:50:31","slug":"trump-moves-to-bolster-and-expedite-death-penalty-for-federal-crimes-adding-firing-squads-electrocution-esphyxiation-in-streamlined-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=326370","title":{"rendered":"Trump moves to bolster and ‘expedite’ death penalty for federal crimes, adding firing squads, electrocution, esphyxiation in ‘streamlined’ process"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leo Hohmann \u2013 Leo\u2019s Newsletter April 24, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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The Trump administration announced in a press release<\/a><\/strong> Friday plans to drastically expand federal death-penalty cases by adding firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of killing people convicted of serious federal crimes.<\/p>\n

The release states that: \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s Day-One Executive Order Directed the Department to Prioritize Seeking and Implementing Death Sentences to Protect Public Safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his first term Trump resumed federal executions, after a 20-year gap, executing 13 federal prisoners with lethal injections in his final few months in office.<\/p>\n

The following is an excerpt from a Reuters report<\/a><\/strong> Friday:<\/p>\n

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who released the report, has authorized seeking death sentences against nine people after Trump rescinded a moratorium on federal executions by his predecessor, Joe Biden, the department said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAmong the actions taken are readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration, expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad, and streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

REVIVING OLD METHODS, ADDING A NEW ONE<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the report, Blanche instructed the Justice Department\u2019s Bureau of Prisons to modify its execution protocol \u201cto include additional, constitutional manners of execution that are currently provided for by the law of certain states,\u201d pointing to the older methods of firing squads and electrocution, and the new gas asphyxiation method pioneered by Alabama in 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis modification will help ensure the Department is prepared to carry out lawful executions even if a specific drug is unavailable,\u201d the report said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MY TAKE:<\/strong> This is a very concerning report and the government\u2019s stated motivation, that there are not enough lethal drugs to carry out executions, should not be taken at face value. That sounds like a made-up excuse meant to cover for some other, more sinister agenda.<\/p>\n

Capital punishment meted out by an honest and just government is one thing. I would be all for that. But handing this kind of power over to the Epstein class, the corrupt cabal that we now know runs our federal government, carries the potential for catastrophic outcomes against we the people.<\/p>\n

Since very few people get executed for federal crimes, one has to question the motivation behind this move. Are they planning some type of crackdown in which hundreds or possibly even thousands of journalists and other outspoken dissidents could be rounded up and charged with federal crimes serious enough to warrant execution? Crimes like treason?<\/p>\n

As we know, President Trump has recently gone out of his way to name certain journalists he considers \u201clow IQ\u201d, \u201closers\u201d and \u201ctroublemakers\u201d simply because they don\u2019t agree with his policies in Iran and aren\u2019t on board with his psychopathic support of everything the Israeli government does, up to and including the mass killing of Muslims and Christians in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. Alex Jones, Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Joe Kent, and Shawn Ryan have all been named by Trump as outside the realm of what he considers to be acceptable criticism of his policies. This is unprecedented rhetoric from an American president. (You can read his latest insane rant against critical-thinking journalists here<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget that the federal government has also gone on a warehouse-buying spree over the past year since Trump took office, as I reported on in a February 4 article<\/a><\/strong>. The government claims it will need tens of millions of square feet of space for new detention centers to house illegal migrants, even though they\u2019ve all but stopped rounding up illegals and would have no need for additional space for that purpose.<\/p>\n

There is more to this story, and I think a more rapid and failsafe method of federal execution is being lined up because the government knows what\u2019s likely to play out in the months and years ahead. Civil strife, civil war, and World War III overseas, all of which are likely to produce a government crackdown on free speech and a broadening of what is considered treasonous activities.<\/p>\n

The dots are there to be connected:<\/p>\n