Overview

• A Trump-signed memorandum directed the Department of Homeland Security to halt any protection for Kamala Harris beyond what the law requires, effective September 1.
• Federal law provides former vice presidents six months of protection, which expired for Harris in July, and reporting says Joe Biden had extended her coverage to 18 months.
• Reports citing law enforcement sources say the California Highway Patrol is set to assume Harris’s protection, while Governor Gavin Newsom’s office declined to detail arrangements.
• Democrats criticized the termination as vindictive, and conservative commentary framed the move as consistent with precedent and argued there is a partisan double standard.
• Harris is slated to begin a 15-date book tour on September 24, and the end of her federal detail shifts her security to non-federal arrangements.