Former U.S. presidents are authorized a security detail from the Secret Service for life. If Trump loses the election and flees the country, does his security detail have to go with him if he requests it?

I imagine this could go down in a variety of ways: He departs the U.S. before he’s sentenced and just never returns, or he attempts to flees or does flees the U.S. after his sentencing. Either way, what happens to his security detail?

If he attempts to flees after he’s sentenced, I would hope the detail would refuse to take part in it (if he can even board a plane/leave the country to begin with), but given all their failings, who knows.

  • TheGalacticVoid
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    2 months ago

    I didn’t know that Secret Service was mandatory for former US Presidents.

    • Furbag@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I suppose he could dismiss them, but considering he just had two recent attempts on his life, that would probably be unwise to say the least.