RFK Loses Secret Service Detail After Dropping Out

CBS News reports:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who suspended his third-party presidential bid last week and endorsed former President Donald Trump, has lost his Secret Service protection following the decision to leave the race, his campaign said. “Mr. Kennedy no longer has USSS,” Stefanie Spear, Kennedy’s press secretary, told CBS News. The Secret Service is required by law to protect major presidential candidates and their spouses within 120 days of a general election. When candidates drop out, it is standard procedure for the Secret Service to at least scale back protection, if not eliminate it altogether.

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With the suspension of his presidential campaign, USSS has suspended the protection for RFK Jr. This has been confirmed, and the detail is no longer providing protection as of Saturday. https://t.co/8rS65cGZCJ

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