Secret Service Denies RFK’s Request For Protection

NewsNation reports:

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Biden administration has denied his request for Secret Service protection. In a statement posted on Twitter, Kennedy said the denial came after a lengthy delay.

“Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days,” Kennedy wrote. “After 88-days of no response and after several follow-ups by our campaign, the Biden Administration just denied our request.”

The White House hopeful invoked the assassination of his father, Robert F. Kennedy, who was killed on the presidential campaign trail in 1968. Major presidential candidates and their spouses began receiving protection after his death.

Read the full article. He’s not a “major candidate.”

Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. But not me.

Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days. After 88-days of no response and after several…

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) July 28, 2023

Presidential candidates generally don’t get USSS protection until year of election, and only if likely nominee. Obama was the exception in May of 2007. DHS and a panel of congressional leaders decide. More here: https://t.co/GrHGRqXxTB. https://t.co/dN4eeeHJJb

— Michael Scherer (@michaelscherer) July 28, 2023