To me the law that protects former presidents for a lifetime needs to be revisted.
In some state felons cannot vote. In most state convicted felons lose their rights. How can someone like the orange one continue getting rights if convicted ? This is a problem with no one is above the law theory. If he keeps them, there goes the law applies to everyone.
To me it seems the secret service protection should only apply to people including presidents that have not been convicted of a crime. He is a private citizen at this point.
To me this secret service thing is a problem for any judge considerding a sentence. The Secret Service did not commit any crimes and it would be considered false imprison if they had to go to jail with a felon president. We have never been here before and what about his presidental payments as a former president?
Do they continue?
Veterans lose any payments awarded to them including medical benefits if incarcerated.
What a mess for a judge to have to figure out. Secret Service carries weapons. Big weapons to protect former presidents.
This whole protection thing to me would have to have one sentence added . All rights to be null and void upon conviction of any private citizen no matter their status or title in government or before.
By law, former presidents are entitled to a pension, staff, office expenses, medical care, health insurance, and Secret Service protection.
From 1965 to 1996, former presidents were entitled to lifetime Secret Service protection, for themselves, spouses, and children under 16. A 1994 statute, Pub. L. 103–329, limited post-presidential protection to ten years for presidents inaugurated after January 1, 1997.[8] Under this statute, Bill Clinton would still be entitled to lifetime protection, and all subsequent presidents would have been entitled to ten years of protection.[9] On January 10, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012, reinstating lifetime Secret Service protection for his predecessor George W. Bush, himself, and all subsequent presidents.
Richard Nixon relinquished his Secret Service protection in 1985, the only president to do so.