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.

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  • @Windex007
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    255 months ago

    It’s exactly this. It’s protection for him is a side effect of protecting the country. While these two things will generally overlap, if they ever diverge…

    • @a4ng3l
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      85 months ago

      Yeah you guys still execute traitors right ? That would be quite the signal xD

      • Jaysyn
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        75 months ago

        Apparently only if they are brown or Jewish.

        • @a4ng3l
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          5 months ago

          With adequate lighting he certainly looks orange enough verging on brownish ;-)

          • @cybervseas
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            15 months ago

            Nope, white people can keep him.