On Thursday, President Trump cancelled former Vice President Kamala Harris’s Secret Service detail, revoking a secret deal with the Biden administration.
While former presidents receive Secret Service protection for life, Harris, as a former vice president, received six months of protection after leaving office, according to federal law. That period ended on July 21. However, her protection had been extended for an additional year via a directive – not made public until now – signed by then-President Joe Biden shortly before leaving office, according to multiple people familiar with the undisclosed arrangement.
That is the order Trump canceled in his letter, titled “Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security” and dated Thursday.
“You are hereby authorized to discontinue any security-related procedures previously authorized by Executive Memorandum, beyond those required by law, for the following individual, effective September 1, 2025: Former Vice President Kamala D. Harris,” the letter reads in full.
The decision to end Harris’s Secret Service protection comes as she prepares for her multi-city, high-profile book tour around the release of “107 Days,” her new memoir on her short presidential campaign, set to be released September 23. That will put her more in the public spotlight than she has been since leaving office, during which time she’s attended only a few public events.
“The Vice President is grateful to the United States Secret Service for their professionalism, dedication, and unwavering commitment to safety,” Kirsten Allen, a Harris senior adviser, told CNN.
Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, lost his own personal detail on July 21 under the standard provisions for a former vice president’s spouse.
California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom was briefed on Harris losing her protection late Thursday.
Newsom spokesperson Bob Salladay expressed outrage about Trump making the change.
“The safety of our public officials should never be subject to erratic, vindictive political impulses,” Salladay told CNN.
Harris, as a Los Angeles resident, could also receive protection from the city police department. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Newsom were in touch Thursday evening about the situation.
“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,” Bass told CNN in a statement.
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1) Shouldn’t someone be able to read before they go on a book tour?
2) Who would want to hurt Kamala? Those on the right view her as entertaining. She’s also a prime example of the Peter Principle. Let her talk, she’s the embodiment of the left.
Every former V.P. gets 6 months. Why should this failed DEI get more. She should give back every penny of her salary, because the only thing she did for America was provide daily embarrassment and laughter at her incompetence.
I am an independent conservative, and I agree that we need to ration or obliterate spending wherein no one knows where our tax dollars have gone. However, this is petty. Let this child have her book tour as she will show her own stupidity if people have the brains to ask pertinent questions. She just wants to ‘be somebody’ – even for a few weeks.