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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection that otherwise would have ended
next summer, senior Trump administration officials said Friday.
Former vice presidents typically get federal government protection for six months after leaving office, while ex-presidents do so for life. But then- President Joe Biden quietly signed a directive, at Harris’ request, that
had extended protection for her beyond the traditional six months,
according to another person familiar with the matter. The people insisted
on anonymity to discuss a matter not made public.
Trump, a Republican, defeated Harris, a Democrat, in the presidential
election last year.
His move to drop Harris’ Secret Service protection comes as the former
vice president, who became the Democratic nominee last summer after a
chaotic series of events that led to Biden dropping out of the contest, is about to embark on a book tour for her memoir, titled “107 Days.” The tour
has 15 stops, including visits abroad to London and Toronto. The book,
which refers to the historically short length of her presidential
campaign, will be released Sept. 23, and the tour begins the following
day.
A recent threat intelligence assessment the Secret Service conducts on
those it protects, such as Harris, found no red flags or credible evidence
of a threat to the former vice president, said a White House official who
also insisted on anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. The administration found no reason Harris’ protection should go beyond the
standard six-month period for former vice presidents, the official said.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-secret-service-protection- 894d6ca3f202c0a854390d653c101673
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