PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS REVOKED SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR FORMER VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, ACCORDING TO A SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL ON FRIDAY.

FORMER VICE PRESIDENTS TYPICALLY GET FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROTECTION FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER LEAVING OFFICE, WHILE EX-PRESIDENTS DO SO FOR LIFE. BUT THEN-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN QUIETLY SIGNED A DIRECTIVE THAT HAD EXTENDED PROTECTION FOR HARRIS TO JULY 2026, ACCORDING TO ANOTHER PERSON FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER.

DURING TRUMP'S SECOND PRESIDENCY, HE HAS REPEATEDLY CUT OFF SECURITY FOR FIGURES WHO HAVE FALLEN FROM FAVOR.

SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"You can't have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for government."

THE DECISION TO STRIP HARRIS OF PROTECTION IS CERTAIN TO RAISE ALARMS AMONG SECURITY EXPERTS WHO VIEW CONTINUITY OF PROTECTION AS ESSENTIAL IN A POLARIZED POLITICAL CLIMATE.

TRUMP, A REPUBLICAN, DEFEATED HARRIS, A DEMOCRAT, IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LAST YEAR.

THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT IS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A BOOK TOUR FOR HER MEMOIR, TITLED “107 DAYS.”

WHILE SHE LOST TO TRUMP LAST NOVEMBER, HARRIS IS SEEN AS A POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR 2028.

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