# Trump bail amount **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 24, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054 "2023-08-24T21:35:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054/41 "2023-08-28T15:01:04Z")
This is an article about when Bush the younger’s daughters were arrested for underage drinking while accompanied by a Secret Service detail. > **[When Should Secret Service Step In?](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=121612&page=1)** [http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/04/27/bush.daughter/](http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/04/27/bush.daughter/) It would seem to be established precedent that the Secret Service won’t intervene with local law enforcement in cases involving people they are protecting. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054/42 "2023-08-28T16:06:52Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > It would seem to be established precedent that the Secret Service won’t intervene with local law enforcement in cases involving people they are protecting. So I guess if he has to be forcefully taken to the court house, and he’s in another state, it would be US Marshalls? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054/43 "2023-08-28T16:46:01Z")
On state charges the Marshalls get involved when they want to get involved. They are not compelled to go after every fugitive that has a state warrant. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054/44 "2023-08-28T16:54:08Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > This is an article about when Bush the younger’s daughters were arrested for underage drinking while accompanied by a Secret Service detail. > > [When Should Secret Service Step In? - ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=121612&page=1) > > [CNN.com - Bush's daughter cited for alcohol possession - April 27, 2001](http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/04/27/bush.daughter/) > > It would seem to be established precedent that the Secret Service won’t intervene with local law enforcement in cases involving people they are protecting. Won’t intervene doesn’t mean actively help to enforce. As someone who worked under state laws we never even looked at federal law let alone helped enforce it. Federal agencies never touched anything we did. There are interagency task forces that have specific purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054/45 "2023-08-28T18:09:28Z")
That’s true. However it also means that the Secret Service won’t interfere with local law enforcement actions against Trump. It will get interesting when the matter crosses state lines. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054/46 "2023-08-28T20:55:27Z")
We are in uncharted territory. They won’t break the law on his behalf but other than that who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054/47 "2023-08-29T00:14:47Z")
The Secret Service presumably wouldn’t do anything one way or another if state officers act on state charges. But what if a warrant comes down from a federal judge? In the normal course of affairs, they’d probably still do nothing and leave that to the Marshals, but if Trump were to try to flee to Russia or something? I don’t think they’d let him do that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054/48 "2023-08-30T20:25:50Z")
Any Federal court order in these circumstances would, I’m sure, include an order for the Secret Service to do something in particular - detain him, keep him from leaving the country, bring him into court on X date, etc. The judge would be foolish not to issue such an order, if Trump was willfully disobeying earlier orders. And **Chronos** is right, it’s “Marshals” with one L. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054.md?page=2)