# If an ex-president goes to prison (for whatever reason) does he still get Secret Service protection?

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**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-ex-president-goes-to-prison-for-whatever-reason-does-he-still-get-secret-service-protection/922267 "2020-10-05T14:58:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-ex-president-goes-to-prison-for-whatever-reason-does-he-still-get-secret-service-protection/922267/9 "2020-10-05T17:46:59Z")

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We’ve talked about this before. I think the GQ answer is we don’t know and we can’t know.

> [@Would Trump keep his Secret Service protection if he is sent to prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-keep-his-secret-service-protection-if-he-is-sent-to-prison/814047/22):
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> How badly would you need to fuck up to be assigned as Trump’s prison-minder?

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