As Trump's legal problems mount, ex-Secret Service agents wonder who would protect him in prison.

[Quixote1818]

US Secret Service protection would follow Donald Trump to the slammer if he ever ended up there, former agents say


Robin Bravender and Dave Levinthal Nov 15, 2022, 8:18 PM

As Trump's legal problems mount, ex-Secret Service agents wonder who would protect him in prison.
Trump is running for president in 2024, and would likely retain a Secret Service detail if he's in state or federal custody.
The agents probably wouldn't share a cell with Trump, but they could be nearby.

Former President Donald Trump would almost certainly have Secret Service agents charged with protecting him even if he winds up in prison, former agency officials told Insider.

There's an important reason why these law enforcement veterans are saying this, too.

Trump faces a tsunami of legal problems, with an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago residence on August 8 providing yet another flashpoint in a summer full of them — most notably, the ongoing investigation of the US House's January 6 select committee.

Trump, who announced a 2024 presidential run on November 15, could be mired in federal, state, and local investigations and lawsuits for years, and he lost his presidential immunity when he left office on January 20, 2021.

More: https://www.businessinsider.com/secret-service-agent-protect-trump-jail-prison-state-federal-crimes-2021-1

[dem4decades]

1. Aren't there white supremacists groups in prison?

[chriscan64]

2. The Aryan Brotherhood has his back.

In the meantime, we should revisit whether a convicted ex-president can keep the detail. He will be locked up with convicts who have lost the right to vote.

[mobeau69]

3. Put him in Supermax; he'll be safe there.

[Red Mountain]

4. Why, his SS loyalists, of course!

They all know who they are.

On the plus side for them, I doubt he'll live long in prison. Natural causes will catch up. I don't mean that in a wink wink kinda way....I just think once the game is over he's done.

[Chainfire]

5. All this talk about prison, but there is no prison until there are some freaking charges...

If there are charges, and there is a conviction, then I would be happy with a prison setup akin to Spandau.

[mercuryblues]

6. I'm sure a few of them will be found guilty

right along, beside him.