Trump isn't likely to face jail or prison cell anytime soon - or ever.
What exactly that would look like is a topic that's gotten more attention as Trump's legal problems pile up, particularly given revelations about Trump's role ahead of and during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol that left five people dead. More recently, the Secret Service itself has come under scrutiny for deleting agents' text messages that the January 6 select committee has requested. Trump's critics accused him of flouting public health recommendations and putting agents at risk during his final year in office. The Secret Service has been in the headlines numerous times as it relates to Trump, with records revealing that nearly 900 agents contracted COVID-19 during the first year of the pandemic.
"If Donald Trump gets sent to prison, what's the role of the Secret Service in that case?" said Douglas Smith, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security during the Obama administration.īefore Trump's presidency, "I don't think anybody ever contemplated having a president in jail and what impact that would have on the Secret Service," a former Secret Service official told Insider. Trump's legal troubles have spurred ex-Secret Service agents and former Obama administration officials to wonder how exactly agents would protect a president who's been convicted of a crime and serving prison time.
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