re: Trump, Contempt and the Secret Service

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Are the transmissions from ankle monitors encrypted or even remotely secure?

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I'm quite certain that his would be. I also sincerely doubt that an ankle monitor would be used, considering that he will have a permanent SS detail for the rest of his life

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Regardless of whether we are discussing DJT, W or Billy Jeff, I think that this raises an interesting question.

A former POTUS is just a private citizen, and he is subject to judicial process just like you or me ... or at least he SHOULD be. Secret Service is tasked with preventing crazy people from killing him, but I would be VERY surprised if their statutory authority extends to "interfering with state-level judicial orders."

Take an extreme example.

A grand jury in (for example) Missouri indicts Billy Jeff for some felony, and he decides that he DOES NOT want to surrender to the arresting deputies. Is Secret Service obligated (or even AUTHORIZED) to prevent officers of the State of Missouri from arresting him? Do they engage in a firefight to prevent it?

I suspect that nothing in their charter would authorize that sort of action. If we start from that premise, how would they be justified in preventing a state judge from ordering the use of an ankle monitor in enforcing a criminal contempt ruling?