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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion about the Former Presidents Protection Act. If Trump is sent to prison,
does the law require that his lifetime Secret Service protection accompany him?
Did the law anticipate this possibility? I can't tell.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6620
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,804 posts)He'll be surrounded by numerous guards who are determined to protect him.
bdamomma
(63,962 posts)"very fine people".
bullimiami
(13,114 posts)leftieNanner
(15,201 posts)He'll be nice and safe behind bars. Don't you worry about a thing.
I don't imagine that the Congress ever considered the possibility that a former PRESIDENT could be convicted of a crime.
bdamomma
(63,962 posts)tRumpers that are still there. I want them to be held accountable and to not slink away. I can dream can I?
ace3csusm
(969 posts)wrongly locked up by democratic s
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)diseased mind no matter where he is.
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)we'll be looking at some kind of "Spandau Prison" situation, where he's the only one there. Probably a "Club Fed", with three holes of golf, etc.
FakeNoose
(32,908 posts)You know, stay at home, minimal outside contact, and wear an ankle bracelet. I can't imagine any judge would ever put him in a state or federal prison. The Secret Service guys should not be required to be his prison guards, in any case. They didn't sign up for anything like that.
Tarc
(10,478 posts)he won't need SS protection.