# What happens if Trump is indicted in Georgia? (Indicted on August 14, 2023) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 17, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928 "2023-02-17T03:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kay1864](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kay1864/32/16024_2.png) [@kay1864](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kay1864)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/21 "2023-02-17T23:16:27Z")
One article I read said that the most likely scenario would be 23 hours’ solitary confinement, with an hour of walking around the prison yard\*. Meals eaten in his cell. Way too risky to be near anyone other than the prison guards. - I deliberately left out the word ‘exercising’, since we know how he feels about that. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/22 "2023-02-17T23:25:50Z")
Should he ever be sentenced to prison time, he’ll be kept in an administrative segregation (ad seg for short) situation. This is commonly done in all prison systems and populations. He would obviously be segregated from any general prison population, but I doubt he would be kept in solitary confinement as we understand that term. He might be granted access to certain areas of the prison where his Secret Service detail can keep him company. Were I in his situation, I wouldn’t be too comfortable around some of the prison guards, either. > [@kay1864](#): > > One article I read said that the most likely scenario would be 23 hours’ solitary confinement, with an hour of walking around the prison yard\*. In supermax prisons, this is a common situation. But I’d be surprised if he is ever housed in a supermax. These are usually reserved for very dangerous people. While it could be argued that Trump is a dangerous person, he’s not dangerous in the way this is generally understood in terms of custody evaluation for an inmate. I think it’s much more likely he’ll be housed in a Club Fed-type prison where it’s easier to protect him as much as possible. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/23 "2023-02-17T23:25:51Z")
[Relevant?](https://www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/strip/archive/2023/02/12) (link to Doonesbury strip) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/24 "2023-02-17T23:27:23Z")
Paywalled though. It was a nice thought. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/25 "2023-02-17T23:33:34Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I think it’s much more likely he’ll be housed in a Club Fed-type prison where it’s easier to protect him as much as possible. I wonder if it will be anything like the place Martha Stewart went to while she served time. > **[What Martha Stewart's Time In Prison Was Like - Mashed](https://www.mashed.com/240834/the-truth-about-martha-stewarts-time-in-prison/)** > > Everyone knows Martha Stewart was sent to prison, but what about her time on the inside? How did she cope? And, most importantly... could she cook there? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/26 "2023-02-17T23:37:38Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I wonder if it will be anything like the place Martha Stewart went to while she served time. Very likely much like this. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/27 "2023-02-18T00:20:09Z")
Exceptions will be made for PAB, then they’ll think of a plausible reason. I seem to recall lesser criminals banned from using social media. That would be a nice start for this guy, that and the “no associating with known felons”. He’d be a lonely fucker. ---
**Author:** ![kay1864](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kay1864/32/16024_2.png) [@kay1864](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kay1864)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/28 "2023-02-18T00:34:11Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I wonder if it will be anything like the place Martha Stewart went to while she served time. If so, [this picture](https://www.mashed.com/img/gallery/the-truth-about-martha-stewarts-time-in-prison/the-prison-that-housed-martha-stewart-may-have-had-a-dark-side-1667594979.sm.webp) doesn’t look all that cushy. ---
**Author:** ![Amikejo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/amikejo/32/13637_2.png) [@Amikejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amikejo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/29 "2023-02-18T00:51:00Z")
There’s already a song about this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sh7BZf7D5Bw/maxresdefault.jpg "The Devil Went Down to Georgia") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/30 "2023-02-18T02:45:36Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > He certainly ought to have secret service protection if he ever goes to prison. It would be an international incident if he were killed in a prison brawl, or even seriously injured. I think a far more cost-effective solution is to keep him in solitary. Actually, since he had access to so much sensitive information, perhaps he should be in solitary if for no other reason than to make sure he doesn’t divulge anything that could affect national security. That’s purely theoretical, given his lack of reading comprehension and retention plus his total disinterest in learning anything, but still it should be considered. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/31 "2023-02-18T03:13:40Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > It would be an international incident if he were killed in a prison brawl While it wouldn’t be a good look I don’t see how it would be an _international_ incident. All the domestic MAGAts would be frothing at the mouth about the Deep State, of course, but they’ll start that when he winds up in gaol in the first place. I can’t see any international leaders making any statements, at least publicly, and if they did, it’s a domestic affair and none of their business. ---
**Author:** ![kay1864](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kay1864/32/16024_2.png) [@kay1864](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kay1864)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/32 "2023-02-18T03:23:56Z")
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**Author:** ![kay1864](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kay1864/32/16024_2.png) [@kay1864](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kay1864)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/33 "2023-02-18T03:26:32Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I think a far more cost-effective solution is to keep him in solitary It’s not up to prison officials. Or judges. It’s solely up to Congress, which would have to change the Protection act to exclude convicted felons from Secret Service protection. Barring that change, he will have 24/7 Secret Service protection for the rest of his life—regardless of cost. Or location. Or felony convictions. ---
**Author:** ![kay1864](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kay1864/32/16024_2.png) [@kay1864](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kay1864)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/34 "2023-02-18T03:30:34Z")
Fixing again…quotes aren’t working, grr… ---
**Author:** ![kay1864](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kay1864/32/16024_2.png) [@kay1864](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kay1864)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/35 "2023-02-18T03:32:52Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > All the domestic MAGAts would be frothing at the mouth about the Deep State, of course, but they’ll start that when he winds up in gaol in the first place. Probably much earlier—the moment that indictments are announced. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/36 "2023-02-18T03:53:56Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > I wouldn’t put it past a state like Georgia to change its laws to give governors that right, just so one could pardon Trump. It would need a state constitjutional amendment. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is constituted by Article IV, Section 2 of the Georgia State Constitution. The Governor gets to appoint members as vacancies occur, but doesn’t control the Board. The members serve terms of seven years. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution\_of\_the\_State\_of\_Georgia\_(1983)#SECTION\_II.\_STATE\_BOARD\_OF\_PARDONS\_AND\_PAROLES](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_State_of_Georgia_(1983)#SECTION_II._STATE_BOARD_OF_PARDONS_AND_PAROLES) Amendments have to be approved by 2/3 votes in each house, and then must be approved by a majority of the voters at the next general election. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/37 "2023-02-18T04:02:47Z")
OK, so it’s not the governor specifically who pardons, but hasn’t most or all of that board been appointed by Republicans? Wouldn’t they be just as likely to pardon Trump as a Republican governor would? ---
**Author:** ![kay1864](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kay1864/32/16024_2.png) [@kay1864](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kay1864)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/38 "2023-02-18T04:05:55Z")
From what I’ve read, they take their job pretty seriously, and are not MAGAts. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/39 "2023-02-18T04:06:48Z")
For that, you’d have to look at the particular composition, but not all Georgian Republicans are pro-Trump, willing to bend the rules for him; just look at Raffensperger. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/40 "2023-02-20T02:43:25Z")
I just looked at Raff on some video. Fred Stoller has to play him in the movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=3)