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California Highway Patrol offers Harris security: LA Times

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has offered to provide protection for former Vice President Harris after President Trump canceled her Secret Service protection, according to new reporting from the Los Angeles Times, which cited law enforcement sources.

The Times, in a report published Friday, said the CHP offer came in the wake of discussions between the offices of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D).

The CHP declined to provide further information when reached by The Hill.

“Respectfully, the California Highway Patrol does not comment on security arrangements,” said CHP office of media relations spokesperson Lt. Matt Gutierrez. The office of Newsom, who would need to sign off on the protection, could not be immediately reached for comment by The Hill. Newsom’s office declined to provide further comment to The Times.

Harris’s protection was revoked through a letter titled “Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security” dated Thursday. Her protections are set to end Sept. 1, according to CNN.

“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,” reads the letter, a copy of which was obtained by CNN.

Harris’s security protections ran for six months following the end of the Biden administration, as is standard for vice presidents; however, former President Biden extended the deadline for protection by a year before leaving office, per CNN. Presidents receive lifetime Secret Service protection.

Bass denounced Trump’s decision to revoke Harris’s Secret Service protection in a statement to The Hill, saying she will work with Newsom to ensure Harris’s safety.

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Americans Shouldn’t Have To Pay For Secret Service To Follow Kamala Around On Her Book Tour

You won’t hear it from the corporate media, but former Vice President Kamala Harris has already had a longer Secret Service detail than other former vice presidents. President Donald Trump ended that on Friday before she could leech more American taxpayer dollars on a multi-city book tour to talk about her failed presidential campaign.

Former vice presidents are entitled to six months of Secret Service protection after they leave office. For Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, that ended July 21 just like hers was supposed to. But former President Joe Biden (or an autopen) quietly signed an order extending Harris’ detail to 18 months, for reasons unknown.

“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,” Trump’s directive states.

Trump reestablished the statutory norm under the Former Vice Presidents Act of 2008, more than a month after her detail should have stopped, but Democrats and their accomplices in the propaganda press want Americans to believe it was done out of vengeance.

“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,” communist Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told CNN. “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.”

Clearly no more danger than former vice presidents Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, or, yes, even Joe Biden were in after their terms expired. She, like them, will no longer receive 24/7 personal security, security at her home, or threat analysis for online threats from the Secret Service.

But according to one MSNBC commentator, “It is retributive,” and Trump made the move “just because he doesn’t like Vice President Kamala Harris.”

“It speaks to how Donald Trump operates. He use the government to deal with his own personal animosity with people,” the commentator said.

But the thrust of Trump’s move is that Harris is not some select, special former vice president. And although CNN is worried “the cost of mounting any similar level of protection privately would be expensive, possibly going into the millions of dollars annually,” perhaps she can hire private security, if she needs it, like everyone else in her position has the opportunity to do — paid for by book proceeds or her substantial net worth, not the American people.

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Trump cancels Kamala Harris’ Secret Service detail that was extended by undisclosed Biden order

President Donald Trump revoked Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection on Thursday, according to a copy of a letter reviewed by CNN.

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 White House and Secret Service did not immediately respond to CNN’s requests for comment.

Trump’s ending of Harris’ protection comes as she soon embarks on a multi-city, high-profile book tour around the release of “107 Days,” her new memoir on her short presidential campaign, set to be released Sept. 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.

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Former Secret Service Chief Paid Himself a Bonus

Former acting Secret Service Director Ron Rowe gave himself a senior leadership “performance” bonus around the holidays in December after previously serving as the second in command of the agency, leading up to the two assassination attempts against President Trump last year, according to multiple knowledgeable sources.

The agency pays nearly everyone in senior executive leadership positions bonuses – many worth thousands of dollars – at the end of the year, and that includes Rowe, the sources said.

Because Rowe was the acting director at the time, he moved forward with giving himself a bonus and then continued to remain on the payroll listed as a “senior advisor” for nearly half of this year – months after Trump tapped Sean Curran as the new director. Rowe could do so by using up all accumulated sick and leave time, sources tell RCP. Rowe has since announced that he had joined the Chertoff Group, the national security consulting firm run by former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned in disgrace after Trump was nearly killed at the Butler rally and rallygoer Corey Comperatore was murdered, did not receive a bonus last year because she was no longer employed by the agency at the end of the year, these sources confirmed.

Meanwhile, the first quarterly installment of promised retention bonuses for agents who agreed not to jump ship to another government law enforcement job or retire in the aftermath of the morale-sinking assassination attempts has been delayed for weeks. On Wednesday, USSS leaders once again reassured agents in an email that their promised retention bonuses are coming and would be paid by the end of August.

The information is helping ease some anxiety for agents miffed by multiple retention check delays – an important morale booster as the Secret Service prepares for President Trump’s ride-along tonight with D.C. law enforcement and National Guard troops. Trump wants to see for himself their efforts to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital, but such a hands-on D.C. night tour will pose a complex challenge for the Secret Service, which is charged with the unusual task of protecting a president while accompanying law enforcement officers on patrol.

USSS leadership sent an email to all agents Wednesday after RealClearPolitics once again inquired about the ongoing delays with the first quarterly installment of their retention bonuses. When the funds are fully disbursed over the next year, the retention incentives will amount to tens of thousands of dollars per employee who agreed to stay on the job and not to leave the agency.

The new email updated the agents to let them know that all Uniformed Division officers who deserved the retention bonuses had received them, while the agency was paying other agents in alphabetical order – and had disbursed the funds to agents with last names starting with the letter “A” through “F” so far, a source familiar with the matter told RCP.

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Secret Service Official Targeted in Swatting Call

A high-ranking U.S. Secret Service official was targeted by an anonymous swatting call on July 4.

The caller connected with the 911 system in the undisclosed community where the official lives, according to Axios, and claimed someone was running around the official’s home with a gun.

The incident was reportedly revealed on Thursday by Michael Centrella, Secret Service field operations assistant director, at a cybersecurity event in San Francisco.

Centrella told the Deepfake Resilience symposium participants that the Secret Service official is known to the local department where he lives. When the swatting caller described the man’s daughter as the one running around with a gun, local police knew immediately they had a fake call on their hands. He does not have a daughter.

But the issue remained that the caller knew the official’s name and correct home address.

These types of calls are typically intended to create chaos and confusion by prompting a large and well-armed response by police. SWAT (special weapons and tactics) teams are often deployed to respond to calls of someone with a gun, hence the descriptive name, “swatting.”

Swatting calls have been increasing, but so has law enforcement’s response. FBI Director Kash Patel posted about the increase in cases in March.

“The FBI is aware of this dangerous trend, and my team and I are already taking action to investigate and hold those responsible accountable.”

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Project Veritas Catches Secret Service Guard Compromising White House Security

A Secret Service agent unknowingly disclosed sensitive information about his White House assignment to an undercover Project Veritas journalist, all the while mocking President Donald Trump. 

The agent, identified by the media group on Monday as Marc Hendrickson, came across the undercover journalist on a dating app and appeared eager to impress her. First, he invited her to the White House and then sent a photo of his exact location while on the building’s lawn. 

Hendrickson described himself as a “liberal” since age 18 and criticized Trump in private messages, claiming the president was “doing a lot of whacky shit right now.” 

In another exchange, Hendrickson extended an invitation to the stranger to visit him at the White House, though it’s unclear if he meant inside the building or outside. 

“Well if you’re close to the White House you can come here and I say hi,” he reportedly wrote. 

In response, the undercover reporter said: “Haha that would be cool. I’m not working the next two three days. You’re at the White House?” 

“Yes,” Hendrickson responded.  

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Alarming Report: Current Secret Service Director Sean Curran Signed Off on Unacceptable Security Plan the Day Before Butler Rally Where Trump Was Nearly Killed

The current Secret Service Director allegedly failed to take proper steps to safeguard President Donald Trump’s life before the fateful Butler, Pennsylvania rally, according to an alarming new report.

As TGP readers know, an assassination attempt was made on Trump’s life exactly one year ago today. A bullet fired by Democrat Donor Thomas Crooks grazed the president’s ear during the rally.

Corey Comperatore was fatally struck in the head. Two other rally attendees were wounded, one critically.

Crooks fired the shot on top of a nearby building, where Secret Service counter-snipers had a clear view of the shooter from their position at a higher elevation than the shooter behind Trump, yet they did not act. Crooks accessed the building with a ladder he bought at Home Depot the same day as the shooting.

Sean Curran, who was serving as the head of Trump’s security detail, helped shield the President from the bullets and appeared in the iconic photo of Trump after the assassination attempt. Curran was hailed as a hero</> following the incident.

He also supposedly cleaned house immediately upon taking over the agency, winning over more Americans.

Now, a startling revelation from Real Clear Politics National Correspondent Susan Crabtree alleges that Curran and two others gave the green light to the unacceptable security plan that gave Crooks an open shot at Trump.

How did Team Trump miss this?

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Secret Service officials were aware of ‘classified threat’ 10 days before Butler assassination attempt, failed to tell agents guarding Trump 

Senior-level Secret Service officials failed to share “classified threat information” related to President Trump with those assigned to protect him during the Pennsylvania campaign rally where he was nearly assassinated, according to a congressional watchdog report. 

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found the classified intelligence had been presented to Secret Service officials a full 10 days before the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, but the agency’s “siloed practice for sharing” sensitive information resulted in few being aware of the threat against Trump’s life. 

“[T]he Secret Service had no process to share classified threat information with partners when the information was not considered an imminent threat to life,” read the GAO report, released Saturday by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). 

The nature of the threat, described as “highly classified” by Secret Service officials in the report, is not explained. 

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Who Really Shot President Trump in Butler, PA One Year Ago on July 13th?

ABLECHILD shared a report on the anniversary of July 13th where it becomes clear that the investigation of the assassination of President Trump is more of a cover-up than an effort to get to the truth.

Included in its report, AbleChild asks:

The American people are told that the FBI conducted extensive investigations, gaining access to the alleged shooter’s devices, searched his residence and reviewed digital media and video footage. That’s wonderful. Good job. Where’s the final report?

How bout the FBI release its final report of its investigation, including the complete ballistics report, all DNA and fingerprint information, all information relating to the alleged shooter’s phone (including tracking his pings the day of the shooting) and, of course, the mysterious autopsy report of the alleged shooter that Congressional Task Force Chair, Congressman Kelly, says the American people can’t handle.

JD Wilcox also asks the question, “Who Shot Trump?”

Wilcox created a website with the same title and a documentary that is coming out on the one-year anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Trump on July 13.

Wilcox discussed his thoughts on the assassination with Grant Stinchfield a few weeks ago.

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Helen Comperatore Says She Still Has “No Answers” on Her Husband’s Death at Butler, PA Trump Rally – Demands Secret Service Tell Her Everything that Happened to Allow Would-be Trump Assassin to Kill Corey Comperatore

In an emotional interview on Saturday, Helen Comperatore, the wife of Corey Comperatore, reflected on the murder of her husband at a Trump rally during the failed attempt on President Trump’s life on July 13, 2024. 

Would-be assassin Thomas Crooks was able to climb on top of a roof next to Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania rally and put Trump in his scope.

A bullet grazed President Trump’s ear on July 13, 2024, during his Pennsylvania rally. Corey Comperatore was fatally struck in the head. Two other rally attendees were wounded, one critically.

Comperatore dove in front of his family to shield them from the gunfire.

Crooks fired the shot on top of a nearby building, where Secret Service counter-snipers had a clear view of the shooter from their position at a higher elevation than the shooter behind Trump, yet they did not act. Crooks accessed the building with a ladder he bought at Home Depot the same day as the shooting.

Additionally, as The Gateway Pundit reported, an eyewitness told the BBC that several people witnessed the shooter crawling on the roof of a local building with a rifle before Trump was shot, but they did not act until Trump was shot. According to later reports, a police officer encountered the shooter on the roof but let him go after he pointed the gun at him and before he shot Trump.

Investigations into the matter have left more questions than answers. For example, former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s excuse for leaving the building unmonitored by agents was that the building “has a sloped roof at its highest point” and it wouldn’t be safe.

Helen Comperatore questioned, “Why was that such a failure that day? What was the reason? Why did he walk around for an hour without someone grabbing him?”

“We have no answers,” she said. “I want to sit down with the Secret Service, and I want them to tell me everything that happened that day. I want to know why they failed. I want to know what happened.”

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