By Blake Fleetwood / Original to ScheerPost
The Kennedy campaign made its fifth formal request for Secret Service protection in March, citing a 67-page report of repeated death threats, nutjob letters, two heavily armed intruders to a campaign event, an invader in Kennedy’s Cape Cod house, and another man who invaded Kennedy’s home twice in one day when Kennedy and his wife, Cheryl Hines, were at home.
President Biden’s decision to deny Secret Service protection to
Kennedy seems to be based on political considerations and weaponizes the Secret Service by making it necessary for Kennedy to raise and spend millions of dollars each month for security.
Kennedy appears to fit neatly into the law governing Secret Service protection for presidential candidates.