President Donald Trump has ended the Secret Service protection which had been arranged for Kamala Harris by Joe Biden before he left office.
Ms Kamala Harris as a former vice-president, was entitled under law to receive six months of this extra security after leaving office in January, which was due to expire in July.
Her protection was extended for another year by a directive signed by her former boss but was revoked by Trump in a memo dated Thursday, August 28.
This comes just before Harris embarks on a national book tour to promote “107 Days” – a memoir of her short-lived and ultimately unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign.
A copy of a letter directs the Secret Service to “discontinue any security-related procedures previously authorised by Executive Memorandum, beyond those required by law” for Harris from September 1, 2025.
In 2008, the US Congress enacted a law permitting the Secret Service to protect former Vice Presidents, their spouses and any children under the age of 16 after leaving office.
Harris will lose the agents that are assigned to protect her and her property in Los Angeles, as well as proactive threat intelligence carried out to identify and preempt any potential threats.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has revoked Secret Service protections for several people, including Hunter and Ashley Biden, the children of the former president, and Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Several former Trump officials and allies have also had their protections revoked, including ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, a former national security adviser.
BBC