Secret Service protection activated for Trump, Carson

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

The Secret Service is moving forward on activating 24-hour protection for Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson, Fox News has learned.

 

The agency sent letters Monday to key leaders in Congress who have to sign off on the proposal, which Fox News is told would involve a rotation of 260 Secret Service agents. Congress traditionally approves such requests.

 

The development comes after an aide to Carson met with the U.S. Secret Service's Dignitary Protection Division to request protection for the candidate as threats against him have grown, according to a source familiar with the conversation.

 

The source told Fox News that a representative for Trump's campaign also made contact with the Secret Service on Friday.

 

Trump last week was outspoken in calling for Secret Service protection, saying that while he has a private security team, his rallies have gotten large.

 

"We're getting the biggest crowds," he told Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" last Thursday, acknowledging his team has been speaking with the Secret Service while suggesting a double-standard was at play for Republican and Democratic candidates. "If I was a Democrat, they'd have it but it's really up to them. They know what they're doing, and I assume they're doing the right thing. I would hope they are doing the right thing."

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It will be yuge.