Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wants answers regarding the decision that denied Secret Service protection to presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.
Cruz sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, whom the senator said denied Kennedy protection on July 21 "after eighty-eight days of failing to respond to his either formal request for protection, or follow-ups by his campaign."
Cruz, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and ranking member of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, demanded answers about why it took 88 days instead of the standard 14 days for the Secret Service to determine that Kennedy didn't require protection. He also demanded justification considering the security lapse when an armed man impersonating a Deputy U.S. Marshal showed up at a Kennedy event."Since your decision to refuse Mr.
Even the Secret Service admitted that Kennedy was at risk for assassination, according to an internal 11-page report disclosed by Judicial Watch, a government accountability nonprofit organization. In July on social media, Kennedy said that despite his father's assassination leading to the Secret Service protecting presidential candidates, that agency denied him that very protection.
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