Trump extended Secret Service protection six months for 13 family members as he left office

[TheBlackAdder]

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In the days before he left office, then-President Donald Trump instructed that his extended family get the best security available in the world for the next six months, at no cost — the protection of the U.S. Secret Service.

According to three people briefed on the plan, Trump issued a directive to extend post-presidency Secret Service protection to 14 members of his family who were not automatically entitled to receive it.

Under federal law, Trump, his wife Melania and their 14-year-old son are the only members of his immediate family entitled to Secret Service protection after they leave office.

The couple will receive it for their lifetimes, and Barron is entitled to protection until he turns 16. Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence will also receive continued Secret Service security for the next six months under the same law governing protection.

But Trump wanted every family member who had been protected by the Secret Service during his administration to be covered for another six months, according to the people familiar with his directive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe security arrangements.

That means the expensive, taxpayer-funded security will continue for his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, their three children, his son Donald Trump Jr. and his five children, his son Eric Trump and his wife Lara and his daughter Tiffany Trump.

The 24-hour protection will focus on Trump’s grown children. His grandchildren will receive protection that derives from being in proximity to their parents and will not be as extensive as it was during Trump’s presidency.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-extended-secret-service-protection-for-13-members-of-his-family-as-he-left-office/2021/01/20/31ef3e9e-5b3c-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Send him the bill.

Or better, just deduct it from his pension.

[unblock]

5. Yeah, no bills. Cash in advance.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Still grifting. nt

[PA_jen]

3. Does he think by doing that for his adult kids will keep the from getting arrested?

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

4. Hopefully President Biden can revoke this, and save taxpayer money from

being used for criminal purposes.

[mitch96]

14. "Biden can revoke this". Due to the exorbadant tax cut to the rich we have to cut your

Protection team... to zero...
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[Roland99]

6. More about the grift than the protection

[TheBlackAdder]

11. Yep. His kids will find some way to charge back the Secret Service for lodging or vehicles.

[crickets]

15. Oh, you know it. nt

[Yonnie3]

7. Why would they need protection?

Warrants and subpoenas will still be served and they are the most likely threats to the family.

[marble falls]

8. That can be remedied easily. I don't think I should have to pay SS to protect Jr from ...

... any of his coked up rambling inspired beatings that he truly deserves.

[Delmette2.0]

9. Has anyone read or heard of legitimate threats to his adult children?

[Doreen]

10. He plans on sucking money from us for as much and as for long as he possibly can.

[Whiskeytide]

12. I suspect he's worried that certain elements of ...

... his “base” might become disgruntled since he didn’t take down the pedophile ring. When it dawns on them that they were had by a scam, they might be a little perturbed.

[theneworiginal]

24. This is spot on. But Trump Family Values brought it on

and they should take responsibility for the consequences. You reap what you sow. You want to whip up the rage in low-brow, hi-octane radicals, then don't be surprised when they turn on you with that rage.

Billionaires hire private security all the time.

[obamanut2012]

13. I just called Frankel's office and complained

Complain to your Reps and Senators NOW. Trump has no authority to do this, none.

[TheBlackAdder]

17. Found out DHS decides, but if Trump gets impeached, he will most likely lose that family coverage.

[procon]

16. If he is convicted by the Senate they will take

Away everything, strip him of all the perks and benefits he would have been entitled to. No more free ride on the taxpayers time.

[FakeNoose]

20. All the more reason to hurry that Senate trial/conviction along

[gldstwmn]

18. This is outrageous.

Of course if they are imprisoned it won't be necessary.

[RockCreek]

19. I hope Biden can immediately revoke. Snowflakes!!

Also, there cannot be anything to spare in the SS budget due to the many extra expenses necessitated by Trump's insurrection.

[Retrograde]

22. And if not completely revoked, limit it

to within the US: there's no reason the spawn should continue to take overseas trips at our expense.

[struggle4progress]

23. "We need to be able to charge the Secret Service for golf car rentals"

[Mc Mike]

25. Well, I'd un-fucken-extend it, chop chop, if I was the Prez.

[Johnny2X2X]

26. Who's this Trump guy?

Never heard of him.