Former President Trump extended Secret Service protection for 13 of his family members before he left office.
The Secret Service will protect Donald Trump, former first lady Melania Trump, Barron Trump, Ivanka Trump and her husband and four kids, Donald Trump Jr. and his four kids, Eric Trump and his wife, and Tiffany Trump, according to The Washington Post.
People familiar with the issue spoke with anonymity to the Post, saying Trump wanted the Secret Service protection for his extended family for another six months.
Under federal law, only Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Barron Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence and former second lady Karen Pence are entitled to Secret Service protection when Donald Trump is out of office. Donald and Melania Trump will have it for a lifetime, Barron Trump will have it until he is 16 years old, and Mike and Karen Pence will have it for six months.
However it is unusual for a president to ask for so many extensions for extended family members. The extended protection could cost taxpayers millions of dollars because of how many people are being protected and how often they travel.
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Trump extended Secret Service protection for family members in final days in office: report https://t.co/0FWRpNC3fT pic.twitter.com/N1H1D86AQX
— The Hill (@thehill) January 20, 2021
Trump spending taxpayer money to protect his extended grifter crime family. Well, if we are lucky, at least some of them will be in prison where that protection will end.
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