girlfreddy , 3 months ago

If a U.S. President Goes to Prison, Does the Secret Service Go, Too?

Under current United States federal law, all former presidents are entitled to lifetime protection from the Secret Service. Barring an act of Congress or a presidential executive order, the Secret Service is bound by law to protect former presidents for life. There aren’t any exceptions listed in the statute governing the protection of former presidents.

Trump’s various indictments have left many wondering if the Secret Service would accompany Trump (or any other convicted former president) to prison.

“Yes, no question,” said Ronald Kessler, author of two books about the Secret Service: “In the President’s Secret Service” and “The First Family Detail.” “There wouldn’t be a Secret Service agent inside his cell, but I expect that there would be two agents outside of his cell, two agents in the corridor leading up to the cell block and another two agents at the entrance to the prison.”

Other commentators, including a former Secret Service agent, have said that as few as two Secret Service agents could be posted at the prison, but Kessler called that “crazy.”

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