# Trump, potential incarceration, and Secret Service protection

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [April 19, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-potential-incarceration-and-secret-service-protection/1000506 "2024-04-19T16:05:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-potential-incarceration-and-secret-service-protection/1000506/77 "2024-04-28T22:55:20Z")

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> [@Trump won't be the Republican party nominee in 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wont-be-the-republican-party-nominee-in-2024/996834/835):
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> [Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)Contemptible Greedhead
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> [2h](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wont-be-the-republican-party-nominee-in-2024/996834/836)
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> > [@Trump won't be the Republican party nominee in 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wont-be-the-republican-party-nominee-in-2024/996834/835):
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> > Oh I agree, I just think there will be considerable pressure on the courts to avoid actual prison
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> Pressure from whom? What bad thing might occur if the judge ignores said pressure?

I think there will be political pressure from Republicans in Congress and governors to see something done “for his protection”. The judges might not be directly constrained but I can see Appeals courts weighing in, and as I said, the Supreme Court is liable to do anything.

I’m glad there’s this much thought going on to how to do it. Gives me some relief we might actually see it.

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