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Kamala Harris Loses Secret Service Protection: What to Know About the Agency

The Secret Service has had a long history, and has not been without controversy.
Kamala Harris Loses Secret Service Protection: What to Know About the Agency
Two U.S. Secret Service special agents look out from the White House rooftop in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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President Donald Trump revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection on Aug. 28, a White House official told The Epoch Times.
“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,” stated Trump’s letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, according to CNN.

Harris’s senior adviser, Kirsten Allen, said in a statement to media outlets, “The Vice President is grateful to the United States Secret Service for their professionalism, dedication, and unwavering commitment to safety.”

Here is what to know about the Secret Service.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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