What, oh what, will the Secret Service do if it has to protect a prisoner?

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Illiberalism

Gilead

Donald Trump


Fig. 1. Donald Trump, depicted in an orange jumpsuit, reportedly by the Drudge, via Mediaite,[1] fair use. Apparently, no mugshot was taken when he was actually arrested over hush money paid to Stormy Daniels.[2]

Some might say that the Secret Service should not be in the business of protecting felons. But I guess there’s a law saying Donald Trump can have Secret Service protection for life—even behind bars.[3]

Spencer S. Hsu, Carol D. Leonnig, and Tom Jackman, “If Trump is convicted, Secret Service protection may be obstacle to imprisonment,” Washington Post, August 4, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/04/trump-criminal-cases-prison-secret-service/

Jeffrey Epstein


Fig. 1. “Donald Trump with his future wife Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in February 2000.” Photograph credited to Davidoff Studios Photography/Getty Images, February 2000,[4] fair use.

Chas Danner and Benjamin Hart, “Who Are the Newly Revealed Jeffrey Epstein Associates?” New York, August 3, 2023, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/08/who-are-the-newly-revealed-jeffrey-epstein-associates.html

  1. [1]Alex Griffing, “Drudge Puts Trump in an Orange Jumpsuit as Site Monitors His Potential Indictment,” Mediaite, August 29, 2022, https://www.mediaite.com/news/drudge-puts-trump-in-an-orange-jumpsuit-as-site-monitors-his-potential-indictment/↩
  2. [2]Sarah D. Wire and Alexandra E. Petri, “Trump charged with 34 felony counts in alleged hush money cover-up case,” Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2023, https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-04-04/donald-trump-alleged-hush-money-investigation-indictment-arraignment↩
  3. [3]Spencer S. Hsu, Carol D. Leonnig, and Tom Jackman, “If Trump is convicted, Secret Service protection may be obstacle to imprisonment,” Washington Post, August 4, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/04/trump-criminal-cases-prison-secret-service/↩
  4. [4]Martin Pengelly, “‘She say anything about me?’ Trump raised Ghislaine Maxwell link with aides,” Guardian, October 4, 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/04/trump-ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-maggie-haberman-book-confidence-man↩

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