Joyce Vance, a former prosecutor in Alabama, said Trump is unlikely to be detained but that other measures could be put in place after his appearance in court.
Donald Trump could be asked to wear an ankle monitor by federal prosecutors following his indictment over his alleged mishandling of national security documents, according to a legal expert.
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017 and is now a professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. She told MSNBC on Friday that, while she doesn’t expect Trump to be detained after the trial, he may be asked to wear an ankle monitor.
On Thursday, federal prosecutors charged Trump over his retention of national security documents upon leaving the White House in January 2021, as well as the alleged obstruction of the government’s efforts to retrieve them. Trump last year was found to have stored dozens of classified documents in his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, resort. This is the first time that a former American president has faced federal charges.
