It is absolutely ridiculous that the Secret Service and tax payer dollars provides security for Ex-Presidents.
This waste of government resources and tax dollars needs to stop.
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LeopoldBloom · M
What's interesting is that Secret Service protection for former presidents (or anyone else, like their families, former Senators, former Supreme Court Justices, etc.) is completely at the pleasure of the current president. Of course, no president has ever terminated protection for a former president.
Back when it looked like Trump might go to prison, the question arose as to how his Secret Service protection would work. One possibility would be for Biden to terminate it, because they do have guards in prisons and that would be adequate.
Back when it looked like Trump might go to prison, the question arose as to how his Secret Service protection would work. One possibility would be for Biden to terminate it, because they do have guards in prisons and that would be adequate.
MethDozer · M
@LeopoldBloom Imma have to check into that. As far as I knew they were given it as long as they wanted by a Congressional decision sometimes in the 1960s.
LeopoldBloom · M
@MethDozer By law, the President and Vice-President cannot refuse Secret Service protection. I think you're correct that former presidents are protected by law unless they decline it. I did read on electoral-vote.com that Biden would be able to revoke Trump's Secret Service detail if he's in prison and theoretically protected by the guards.
MethDozer · M
@LeopoldBloom ex presidents and VP can. I never said sitting P and VP