President Donald Trump revoked Secret Service protection for former vice-president Kamala D. Harris, instructing the Secret Service to discontinue any security-related procedures beyond those required by law effective 1 September 2025. Federal law grants former vice-presidents six months of protection after leaving office; Harris's statutory period ended on 21 July. Her protection had been extended for an additional year under an undisclosed directive signed by then president Joe Biden; Trump's new directive cancels that extension. The Secret Service did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A Harris adviser thanked the Secret Service for their professionalism, and California officials were briefed and criticized the decision.
Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for the former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, according to a letter obtained by CNN and confirmed to the Guardian by a senior White House official. The letter, dated on Thursday and titled Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security, instructs the Secret Service to discontinue any security-related procedures beyond those required by law effective 1 September 2025.
However, CNN reports that her protection had been extended for an additional year under an undisclosed directive signed by then president Joe Biden before leaving office. Trump's new directive cancels that extension. You are hereby authorized to discontinue any security-related procedures previously authorized by Executive Memorandum, beyond those required by law, for the following individual, effective September 1, 2025: Former Vice President Kamala D. Harris, the letter reads.
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