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Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection, initially extended by Joe Biden beyond the standard six months, has been canceled by President Donald Trump, one of her advisers confirmed. Harris was entitled to six months of security after leaving office in January, with that period set to expire in July. Biden had quietly extended her protection for a further year, but Trump reversed that decision in a memo issued Thursday.
The move comes just before Harris embarks on a national book tour to promote "107 Days" - a memoir of her short-lived and ultimately unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign.
A letter dated 28 August, directs the Secret Service to "discontinue any security-related procedures previously authorised by Executive Memorandum, beyond those required by law" for Harris from 1 September.
A senior White House official confirmed the move.
Sources familiar with the situation said that a recent threat assessment found nothing alarming that would warrant extending her detail past the legally-mandated six month period she was entitled to.
In 2008, the US Congress enacted a law permitting the Secret Service to provide protection to former Vice Presidents, their spouses and any children under the age of 16 after leaving office.
It has been just over seven months since Harris left office at the end ofJoe Biden's administration in January.
Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, had his own protections end on 1 July at the end of the legally mandated period.
Harris will lose the agents that are assigned to protect her and her property in Los Angeles, as well as proactive threat intelligence carried out to identify and pre-empt any potential threats.
The price of similar protections, if privately funded, could add up to millions of dollars per year.
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have both expressed outrage at the announcement.
"This is another act of revenge following a lost list of political retaliation in the form of firings, the revoking of security clearances and more," Ms Bass told CNN.
The LA mayor said this puts Harris in danger and she would make sure she was safe in Los Angeles.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has revoked Secret Service protections for a number of people, including Hunter and Ashley Biden, the children of the former president, and Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Several former Trump officials and allies have also had their protections revoked, including ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, a former national security adviser who had become a vocal critic.
