Trump extended Secret Service protection to his adult children, three top officials as he left office – Carol D. Leonnig and Nick Miroff (The Washington Post) / January 20 2021
WASHINGTON – In the days before he left office, President Donald Trump instructed that his family get the best security available in the world for the next six months at no cost to them – the protection of the U.S. Secret Service.
According to three people briefed on the plan, Trump issued a directive to extend post-presidency Secret Service protection to his four adult children and two of their spouses, who were not automatically entitled to receive it.
Trump also directed that three key aides leaving government continue to receive the protection for six months: former treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, former chief of staff Mark Meadows and former national security adviser Robert O’Brien, two people familiar with the arrangement said.
Under federal law, Trump, his wife, Melania Trump, and their 14-year-old son are the only members of his immediate family entitled to Secret Service protection after they leave office. The couple will receive it for their lifetimes, and Barron is entitled to protection until he turns 16.
