Former Vice President Kamala Harris is losing her Secret Service protection after President Trump canceled an unknown Biden order that quietly extended her coverage beyond what the law provides. Now, California taxpayers are stepping in to cover the cost.
By law, former vice presidents receive six months of protection after leaving office. Harris’s expired in July. But before leaving the White House, Joe Biden secretly extended her detail until July 2026. Trump revoked that carve-out, signing a memorandum ending her federally funded protection effective Monday.
Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that the California Highway Patrol will now provide Harris with state-funded dignitary protection.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who would need to sign off on such CHP protection, would not confirm the arrangement. “Our office does not comment on security arrangements,” said Izzy Gordon, a spokesperson for Newsom. “The safety of our public officials should never be subject to erratic, vindictive political impulses.”
Democrats are portraying the decision as retaliation. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared:
Bass in a statement, said “This is another act of revenge following a long list of political retaliation in the form of firings, the revoking of security clearances and more. This puts the former Vice President in danger and I look forward to working with the governor to make sure Vice President Harris is safe in Los Angeles.”
The move comes just weeks before Harris embarks on a 15-stop international book tour for her memoir 107 Days, with events in Los Angeles, New York, and London.
While the Associated Press reported the Secret Service found “no red flags or credible evidence of a threat” to Harris, California will now spend taxpayer dollars to fund what Biden had tried to quietly slip through in Washington.
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