The U.S. Secret Service is in the business of protecting the president, whether he’s inside the Oval Office or visiting a foreign war zone.
But protecting a former president in prison? The prospect is unprecedented. That would be the challenge if Donald J. Trump — whom the agency is required by law to protect around the clock — is convicted at his criminal trial in Manhattan and sentenced to serve time.
Even before the trial’s opening statements, the Secret Service was in some measure planning for the extraordinary possibility of a former president behind bars. Prosecutors had asked the judge in the case to remind Mr. Trump that attacks on witnesses and jurors could land him in jail even before a verdict is rendered.
Exactly. The logistics of housing a president in a prison are too hard. It’s already set up for his residence.
It will be worse for him if he’s locked up in Trump Tower or Mar-A-Lago. People who were locked up in Alcatraz said the worst part was hearing everyone in the city have fun and go on in their lives. It would literally be torture for someone who has never known adversity.
Yeah, being limited and told where you cannot go ain’t no picnic. People might wish him to wear an orange jumpsuit and be placed in genpop, but that won’t happen.
Secret service will end up doubling as prison guards automatically. I just wonder if house arrest will also limit visits and communication.
But this trial probably will not lead to prison though.