If Trump’s conviction lands him in prison, the Secret Service goes too.
If Trump’s conviction lands him in prison, the Secret Service goes too.
Donald J. Trump, the former president and presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a payment that silenced a porn star.
Sounds much cheaper than what they pay to stay at his hotels.
I thought this was a joke at first.
And it’s still happening
I think you mean much cheaper than what WE pay for them to stay at his hotel. That's tax payers' money. Fuck that guy.
I’m good with that. Lock him the fuck up.
The current record for number of US presidental votes received while in prison is about 1,000,000. Eugene V. Debs is the record holder, and that election was in 1920. Trump just may beat him this year. There is no law that says you can't be president while in prison.
It's not like Trump is going to prison for this. He's old, has no record, and did serve as president, regardless of how people feel about it. Plus, he's going to appeal, which means this thing will drag on long enough to still not matter, sadly.
But we can still hope
Yes but he also disrespected the court (falling to sleep and badmouthing people on social media), shows no remorse (claiming innocence despite a unanimous jury) had 34 charges against him (all unanimous) and did it to trick his way into the highest position in office. Which should all be considered when sentencing.
There is no law that says you can’t be president while in prison.
This is so a ruling leader can't imprison all his competition and thus win another election by default.
Agreed. But in this specific case it's frustrating.
Would be a good thing if the service were denied to convicted felons. Go a long way to legitimizing it
I wonder why? It's not like anything bad ever happens to high-profile inmates, just ask Jeffery Epstein...
Obligatory /s
When will Harambe's curse leave us.
Not enough people whipped it out.
We’re forever doomed until the mass flashing event that frees of us our sins.
Except here his kids will turn on him like they have been raised to do. No one close to him really cares about him.
Whyyy are we still posting paywall'd links to places???
Good.
I wonder if those patriotic secret services agents that Pence refused to go with will be part of the prison detail. I then wonder if they will try to implement an El Chapo plan of escape.
What's this about Pence? I don't remember this
During the Jan6 riot, the Secret Service tried to get Mike Pence into a car with agents that Pence didn’t recognize. The worry was that the agents were either rogue, or working directly for Trump.
Either way, Pence refused to get into the car because he knew he had to certify the election, which meant he had to stay in the building. His worry was that rogue agents (or agents taking orders from Trump) would spirit him away and prevent him from certifying the results.
Bullshit. SS will just be disbanded. Theyre not going to allow a protection detail in a prison for a single prisoner, that would be ludicrously silly
Ever thought of Secret Service using the same abbreviation as nazi german Schutzstaffel?
Isn't the abbreviation USSS
I wonder if they changed it to that for obvious reasons
U.S.S.S was founded in 1865
The Nazis ripped off the US.
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lmao, perfect response
A story is only as good as its sources. I take NYT coverage on Israel/Hamas with a grain of salt because a lot of information comes directly from the IDF. NYT coverage though of peace talks, or domestic issues, is completely different. Even then, I'm usually skeptical of their polling methodology.
A better information accuracy warning would be to take nothing as absolute truth and critically examine their bias and sources. Because I guarantee, there is no publication that an information accuracy warning wouldn't apply to. I've seen progressive publications do a bad job at this too.
Yes! Agreed. Yours is the only sane, thoughtful, realistic response— and I thank you for it. Upvoted 👍