{"id":2331380,"date":"2024-08-26T21:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T01:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-secret-service-agent-says-number-of-factors-behind-rfk-jr-s-abrupt-removal-of-secret-service-protection-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T21:53:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T01:53:08","slug":"former-secret-service-agent-says-number-of-factors-behind-rfk-jr-s-abrupt-removal-of-secret-service-protection-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-secret-service-agent-says-number-of-factors-behind-rfk-jr-s-abrupt-removal-of-secret-service-protection-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Secret Service agent says \u2018number of factors\u2019 behind RFK Jr.\u2019s abrupt removal of Secret Service protection &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-secret-service-agent-says-number-of-factors-behind-rfk-jr-s-abrupt-removal-of-secret-service-protection-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2331380&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Secret Service agent Bill Gage discussed the reasons behind \u200cRobert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s abrupt\u2062 loss \u2063of Secret Service protection following\u2063 the suspension of \u200bhis presidential campaign. During an\u2062 interview on Fox News,\u2063 Gage highlighted that\u2062 the decision to end protection was not unilateral and\u200b involved \u200ca process that includes the\u200b Secretary of Homeland Security\u2062 and Congress. He explained that several factors contribute to such decisions, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-director-complains-about-people-not-distancing-weeks-after-agency-changed-mitigation-polices\/\" title=\"CDC director complains about people not distancing weeks after agency changed mitigation polices\">crowd size<\/a>, \u2063public polling, intelligence reports, social media mentions, \u200dand any recent threats against\u200c the individual. Gage emphasized\u2064 that these elements are considered when assessing \u200bthe\u200c necessity of security details for figures like\u200d Kennedy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former Secret Service agent says &lsquo;number of factors&rsquo; behind RFK Jr.&rsquo;s abrupt removal of Secret Service protection<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1738477\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Secret Service\">Secret Service<\/a> agent Bill Gage said there are several factors behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>, who suspended his third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/signs-hint-that-joe-manchin-could-be-preparing-for-potential-third-party-presidential-bid-report\/\" title=\"Joe Manchin may be considering a third-party presidential bid, according to reports.\">-party presidential bid<\/a> last week, losing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-on-major-security-upgrade-will-fine-members-5k-for-bypassing-metal-detectors\/\" title=\"House Votes On Major Security Upgrade, Will Fine Members K For Bypassing Metal Detectors\">security protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Fox News\">Fox News<\/a> host Neil Cavuto asked Gage about the &ldquo;immediate&rdquo; nature of the withdrawal of Kennedy&rsquo;s protection following the campaign suspension after a hard-fought effort to finally acquire security.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Secret Service protection for Robert F Kennedy, Jr. ended when he pulled himself out of the campaign. It seemed fairly immediate. What do you think of that? Is that wise?&rdquo; Cavuto asked Gage on <em>Your World with Neil Cavuto<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2567702&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=1e8746c57b53216c72c36ea292cf4e19\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, Neil, during my time in the service, I would see emails back and forth from the different sections about this person getting protection or protections discontinued for this person. And there is a process for that that involves the secretary of homeland security and members of Congress,&rdquo; Gage said.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-do-you-want-lord-of-the-flies-dan-bongino-says-defund-the-police-movement-creates-crime-and-chaos\/\" title=\"\u2018What Do You Want? Lord Of The Flies?\u2019 Dan Bongino Says Defund The Police Movement Creates Crime And Chaos\">agent noted<\/a> that this would not be a &ldquo;unilateral decision&rdquo; from the Secret Service director.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s based on a number of factors: crowd size and how they&rsquo;re polling. &hellip; Intelligence is another one. How much is this person being mentioned on the socials? Is their name popping up? Have there been threats? When was the last threat? Their visibility?&rdquo; Gage analyzed.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a whole number of factors that are used in these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-year-later-how-the-death-of-george-floyd-changed-5-american-institutions\/\" title=\"One Year Later: How The Death Of George Floyd Changed 5 American Institutions\u00a0\">decision-making processes<\/a>. &hellip; We just have to trust that these decisions were made based on a variety of factors and not made with any political considerations at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Kennedy announced that he was suspending his campaign but &ldquo;not terminating&rdquo; it. He also announced that he planned to remain on the ballot in some noncompetitive states. In addition to the campaign suspension, he endorsed the Republican nominee after the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, refused to meet with him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&rsquo;s campaign had made numerous requests for Secret Service protection from the Biden administration during his presidential campaign but did not receive protection until President Joe Biden directed the agency to protect him following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Trump had also publicly called for Kennedy to get protection as a candidate. <\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&rsquo;s father, Robert F. Kennedy, and uncle, President John F. Kennedy, were high-profile politicians who were assassinated in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1738477\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1738477\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Secret Service agent, Bill Gage, explained that multiple factors contributed to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s sudden loss of Secret Service protection after he suspended his third-party presidential campaign last week. During an interview with Fox News host Neil Cavuto, Gage discussed the quick withdrawal of Kennedy&#8217;s security following the campaign suspension and whether it was a wise decision. He noted that during his time in the service, there were established processes involving the Secretary of Homeland Security and Congress for determining who receives or loses protection. <\/p>\n<p>Gage emphasized that such decisions are not made unilaterally by the Secret Service director but are based on various considerations including crowd size, polling data, intelligence reports regarding social media mentions and threats against the individual, as well as their overall visibility. He expressed confidence that these decisions were made based on a range of factors rather than political motivations.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Kennedy announced he was suspending his campaign but would not terminate it entirely and intended to remain on ballots in some noncompetitive states. Additionally, he endorsed the Republican nominee after Vice President Kamala Harris declined to meet with him. Throughout his campaign, Kennedy had requested Secret Service protection from the Biden administration but only received it after President Biden ordered it following an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump; Trump had also publicly advocated for Kennedy&#8217;s security as a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s father and uncle\u2014Robert F. Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy\u2014were both assassinated in the 1960s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2331381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/RFK-Jr-suspends-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[39362,39361,32458,34163,32076],"class_list":["post-2331380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-former-agent","tag-protection-removal","tag-rfk-jr","tag-secret-service","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/RFK-Jr-suspends-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}