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RFK Jr. Loses Secret Service Protection After Suspending Campaign, Backing Trump

Kennedy was denied Secret Service protection five times by the Department of Homeland Security before receiving it after the assassination attempt on Trump.
RFK Jr. Loses Secret Service Protection After Suspending Campaign, Backing Trump
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives remarks at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel in Phoenix, Ariz., on Aug. 23, 2024. Rebecca Noble/Getty Images
Jeff Louderback
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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will no longer receive Secret Service protection after he announced on Aug. 23 that he was suspending his campaign in 10 battleground states and urging voters in those states to support former President Donald Trump instead.

“Mr. Kennedy no longer has USSS protection,” Kennedy’s press secretary, Stefanie Spear, told The Epoch Times on Aug. 25.

Jeff Louderback
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Jeff Louderback covers major news and politics, including the Make America Healthy Again movement and regenerative farming. Since joining The Epoch Times in 2022, he has covered national elections, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign, the East Palestine train derailment, and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Jeff has 30-plus years of professional experience as a reporter, editor, and author.