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Think. Again.

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29. I used to think...

Wed Sep 6, 2023, 05:21 AM

Sep 2023

...that Secret Service for ex-presidents was also about keeping an eye on them to make sure they don't sell secrets or something.

I realize now either I was wrong or the Secret Service has become completely incompotent since 2016.

In all seriousness, if he's convicted and sentenced to incarceration, Gitmo would be the most appropriate holding facility.

It was specifically built to securely hold people of international interest who have seriously harmed us and may still pose threats to our nation, and need to be kept away from the general prison population for one reason or another.

And maybe he could see his maralago from there.

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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