Does Trump Get Secret Service Protection In Prison?

[PaulX2]

Anyone know?

[guillaumeb]

1. One hopes that we will soon find out.

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[UniteFightBack]

2. Wonderful question that demands and answer. nt

[hlthe2b]

3. theoretically.... I'd bet Congress would take up legislation to clarify the issue

(and create a "exception" that puts Bureau of Prisons in charge of safety during any incarceration)

[politicaljunkie41910]

4. I think he should have his own PRISON and I heard just yesterday that Guantanamo Bay is available.

[k8conant]

5. Yes, if he's still president or if he doesn't get removed by impeachment and conviction.

Secret Service protection[edit]
Former presidents were entitled from 1965 to 1996 to lifetime Secret Service protection, for themselves, spouses, and children under 16. A 1994 statute, (Pub.L. 103–329), limited post-presidential protection to ten years for presidents inaugurated after January 1, 1997.[7] Under this statute, Bill Clinton would still be entitled to lifetime protection, and all subsequent presidents would have been entitled to ten years' protection.[8] On January 10, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012, reinstating lifetime Secret Service protection for his predecessor George W. Bush, himself, and all subsequent presidents.[9]

Richard Nixon relinquished his Secret Service protection in 1985, the only president to do so.[10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Presidents_Act

Former Presidents Act
...
(f) As used in this section, the term “former President” means a person--

(1) who shall have held the office of President of the United States of America;

(2) whose service in such office shall have terminated other than by removal pursuant to section 4 of article II of the Constitution of the United States of America; and

(3) who does not then currently hold such office.

https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/former-presidents.html

[Just a Weirdo]

6. No. Felons like Trump

Gets shit on on a regular basis. Hes nothing but a shitbox for prisoners.

[elocs]

7. Trump in prison is a nice fantasy, but that's what it is--a fantasy.

Fantasies are nice, as long as you are also in touch with reality.

[Garrett78]

8. Conventional wisdom says we won't send an ex-president to prison...

...for fear of how it looks to the rest of the world, I guess. I'd say not sending him to prison would make us look worse. No Secret Service. But he can be protected via solitary confinement. He wouldn't last long.