(08-15-2023, 03:08 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(08-15-2023, 02:07 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: This isn't some medieval court with oaths of allegiance till death.   The detail assigned to Trump take orders from a superior and could easily be told to cooperate with whatever terms are agreed to following any convictions.

Well, no [BLEEP], NYC. In what world did you think anyone would believe such a thing? 

The Secret Service has a sworn duty to protect current and past presidents. That is their job. I have little doubt that in your seething hatred for this one man that you would like to see him eliminated. But the fact of the matter is allowing harm or death to come to any president because the Secret Service abrogated their responsibility and moral obligation would set a dangerous precedence and send a chilling message. 

Tell me, who is this "superior" that would order such a potentially disastrous scenario? Who would order a sworn federal protective service that they should no longer uphold their most sacred responsibility to protect an asset of utmost national importance? Yes, I know you detest the air that Trump breathes, but he is still a person who is now intrinsically tied to U.S. sovereignty - as is any living president. 

What you are proposing would be exactly on par with the military turning over part of their defense responsibilities to a police department. 

Stop allowing your blind hatred to think for you and to paint others as mindless myrmidons.

You seem to have glossed over the second sentence I posted. 

I said "cooperate with whatever terms are agreed to" 
I'm not saying the secret service would leave the guy vulnerable - merely that they'd cooperate with the terms of a conviction. I know they have to protect him even if incarcerated (and I don't think he will be) 

Sure seemed like you were being adamant that they wouldn't subject him to the state authorities processing and sentencing.  I think they'd cooperate with those state authorities. Remaining present with him throughout. 

It's not blind hatred. I merely want to see him face the consequence of his own actions. He's gotten away with an insane amount of fraud in his lifetime.  I want him to finally face the music. Seeing him left vulnerable to undue harm isn't part of the equation for me.

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