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ecstatic

(35,154 posts) Tue Sep 5, 2023, 10:56 PM Sep 2023

trump should not get Secret Service protection in prison [View all]

Take it to the Supreme Court if need be, but no. Just no. How would that even be fair to the SS agents? They'd be serving a prison sentence too. Enough.

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trump should not get Secret Service protection in prison [View all] ecstatic Sep 2023 OP

They can pull shifts along side the other guards Zeitghost Sep 2023 #1

He's a billionaire. He can hire his own security. Hassler Sep 2023 #2

I don't think people can hire security to protect them when they are sent to prison. Irish_Dem Sep 2023 #30

I see no reason for secret service for a traitor. We Emile Sep 2023 #3

solution: Put him in solitary, his only needed SS protection a food taster. Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #4

That, or Supermax relayerbob Sep 2023 #18

They won't be there with him... 2naSalit Sep 2023 #5

A federal penitentiary is federal protection. C_U_L8R Sep 2023 #6

This is why I believe Chump won't get a prison sentence FakeNoose Sep 2023 #7

I'm no longer OK with that. He needs to be behind bars alongside his proud boys ecstatic Sep 2023 #9

Has nothing at all to do with what you or I or anyone else wants. Not about our wants. Maru Kitteh Sep 2023 #32

If a country like USA cannot figure out how to put a criminal ex-president in prison Bev54 Sep 2023 #12

+100! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #22

If that cuff keeps accurate golf scores... lame54 Sep 2023 #36

That will be a big argument in sentencing I bet. House arrest more likely. Silent Type Sep 2023 #8

Ok, house arrest cannabis_flower Sep 2023 #23

Plenty of empty prisons in the U.S. lame54 Sep 2023 #38

If you had a nickel for all of the "shoulds" about the prison system that are not... RockRaven Sep 2023 #10

I agree. new rule: if ex-president is convicted of felony, they lose SS protection Recycle_Guru Sep 2023 #11

THIS n/t malaise Sep 2023 #28

I would think that being *in a prison under constant guard*... mike_c Sep 2023 #13

Personally I think they should strip him of SS Tree Lady Sep 2023 #14

He'd be dead very fast. Stinky The Clown Sep 2023 #15

I'd bet a lot of felons are MAGA. Kablooie Sep 2023 #19

Look at our shameful prison population. I'd bet the majority are not MAGAts Stinky The Clown Sep 2023 #21

As stated above EndlessWire Sep 2023 #25

No, he wouldn't ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #26

Lol. I'll Google it. Eventually. nt ecstatic Sep 2023 #33

Put the ones that helped Trump during the insurrection in there relayerbob Sep 2023 #16

It's not in the Constitution. Kablooie Sep 2023 #17

If convicted.... he'll be sentenced to hard time at Mar-a-Lago with an ankle monitor. WarGamer Sep 2023 #20

Penthouse cell block build at the SS HQ with a riverfront view. Perfect prison. Kennah Sep 2023 #24

trump won't serve 1 day in prison. tman Sep 2023 #27

I used to think... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #29

If sent to prison, the Bureau of Prisons would take over protection. Irish_Dem Sep 2023 #31

Seems he should be safe, in prison. Why would he need additional security? Lettuce Be Sep 2023 #34

According to lawyer Glenn Kirschner Rob H. Sep 2023 #35

put him in the supermax moonshinegnomie Sep 2023 #37