President Donald Trump has revoked U.S. Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, a senior adviser to Harris told NBC News on Friday.
This was confirmed by a senior White House official on Friday, who said that Trump had revoked Harris’ Secret Service detail, adding that vice presidents typically only get six months of protection when they leave office.
Congress passed legislation in 2008 that authorised the Secret Service to protect former vice presidents, their spouses, and their children under 16 years old for up to six months after the end of a vice president’s term.
A Secret Service official told NBC that while that’s true, then-President Joe Biden signed an executive memorandum in January extending Harris’ protection to 18 months.
The decision, first reported by CNN, is among a number of actions Trump and his administration have taken to target people who worked for the Biden administration.
Some have included removing privileges like security clearances for former intelligence officials.
During his second term so far, Trump has also taken aim at some of his own former officials, including removing the security details for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser John Bolton.
The change was relayed on Thursday from the White House to the Department of Homeland Security to the Secret Service, and the protection for Harris will end Sept. 1.
Harris’ detail will move to an assignment in New York to work on the United Nations General Assembly, where significant preparation is already underway for that event next month.
Earlier this year, Trump announced that he was terminating Secret Service protection for Biden’s two adult children, Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden, whose protection their father had extended.
Biden had also extended protection to former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas due to threats, but Trump revoked that as well.
Federal law requires that the Secret Service provide protection to former presidents and their spouses for the rest of their lives unless they decline it.
