• mwguy@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    If convicted, would the secret service continue to protect him as a former President, even in prison?

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      1 year ago

      Yes. Former presidents do not lose their benefits if they’re convicted of crimes and sent to prison; changing that would take an act of Congress, and there’s probably not enough political will or support to curtail the executive branch in such a way.

      If he’s actually given a prison sentence and not home confinement, though, I feel that they’d likely hold him in a military prison- for his own safety, to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn’t keep committing crimes or attempt to flee, and to dissuade jailbreak attempts by outside actors.