Source: Politico
“Hunter Biden and his half-sister Ashley Biden will be stripped of their Secret Service protection, Donald Trump announced Monday. ‘Hunter Biden has had Secret Service protection for an extended period of time, all paid for by the United States Taxpayer,’ President Trump wrote on his social media website Truth Social. ‘He is currently vacationing in, of all places, South Africa, where the Human Rights of people has been strenuously questioned.’ The directive will remove 18 agents assigned to protect Hunter and 13 who guard Ashley, Trump wrote. Only former presidents and their spouses receive lifelong Secret Service protection while coverage for their immediate family members typically ends when they leave office under government policy. It’s unclear why Hunter, 54, and Ashley, 43, continued to receive Secret Service protection after former President Joe Biden left office earlier this year.” (03/17/25)