OK, #RFK, very disingenuous of you. Guess you can't read the secret service FAQ:
"In regard to presidential campaign, the Secret Service is authorized by law (18 United States Code § 3056) to protect:
Major presidential and vice presidential candidates and their spouses within 120 days of a general presidential election. As defined in statute, the term "major presidential and vice presidential candidates" means those individuals identified as such by the Secretary of Homeland Security after consultation with an advisory committee."
I don't even like #Biden , but this is stupid. There are plenty of things to rail on the current administration for.
Text of tweet from RFK Jr.:
"Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. But not me.
Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days. After 88-days of no response and after several follow-ups by our campaign, the Biden Administration just denied our request. Secretary Mayorkas: "I have determined that Secret Service protection for Robert F Kennedy Jr is not warranted at this time."
Our campaign's request included a 67-page report from the world's leading protection firm, detailing unique and well established security and safety risks aside from commonplace death threats."
Your quotation of the law doesn't match what LII has in significant ways.
"Major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and, within 120 days of the general Presidential election, the spouses of such candidates"
It's troubling, then, that the Secret Service and LII have different versions of the law that establishes the authorities under which the Secret Service is to operate.
One if them is wrong in a way that directly impacts current events.
LII, from Cornell Law, is a pretty respected authority on the law, and it cites all of the legislation from which it draws its information, so I tend to think the administration is the one in the wrong here.
And if nothing else, the administration has incentive to mislead on this topic. Cornell only has downside should its reputation be harmed by being wrong.
@volkris@qoto.org I pulled my quote straight from the secret service .gov website.
https://www.secretservice.gov/about/faq/general