Inmates could try to kill Donald Trump “just to make a name for themselves” if the former president is jailed, according to an expert in the prison system.
The comment was made by Robert Rogers in an interview with Newsweek. He is an associate professor of criminal justice at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro and he used to work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Trump has been indicted in four separate criminal cases, two by federal authorities and two at the state level. The 2024 Republican frontrunner is accused of orchestrating the payment of hush money to a pornographic actress; mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House in 2021; and breaking the law while attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, both nationwide and in the state ofoverturn the 2020 presidential election, both nationwide and in the state of Georgia specifically. Trump has pled not guilty to all charges and has repeatedly said that the cases against him are politically motivated.Newsweek has reached out to Donald Trump for comment via the online press enquiry form on his official website.
If convicted, Trump could become the first former U.S. president to be sent to prison. Any such move would leave authorities with a number of dilemmas as they seek to keep him safe while preserving his mental health and ensuring justice is done. As an ex-president, Trump is entitled to Secret Service protection for the rest of his life.
Rogers told Newsweek that, if sent to jail, Trump would most likely be dispatched to “a maximum-security penitentiary so that none of his fanatical followers could possibly break him out.”