jstern
03-17-2025, 07:32 PM
President Trump revoked Hunter and Ashley Biden’s Secret Service security detail on Monday after the former first son, surrounded by more than a dozen agents, was spotted on an “ultra-luxurious” getaway in South Africa when he was due for a deposition in court. (https://nypost.com/2025/03/15/us-news/hunter-biden-fled-for-south-africa-vacation-avoiding-lawsuit-deposition/)
“Hunter Biden has had Secret Service protection for an extended period of time, all paid for by the United States Taxpayer,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “There are as many as 18 people on this Detail, which is ridiculous!”
“He is currently vacationing in, of all places, South Africa, where the Human Rights of people has been strenuously questioned,” the president added. “Because of this, South Africa has been taken off our list of Countries receiving Economic and Financial Assistance.
“Please be advised that, effective immediately, Hunter Biden will no longer receive Secret Service protection,” Trump announced.
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Former President Joe Biden’s son was staying in a $500-a-night villa (https://nypost.com/2025/03/15/us-news/hunter-biden-fled-for-south-africa-vacation-avoiding-lawsuit-deposition/) in Cape Town, described on its website as an “ultra-luxurious designer home with spectacular 180 degrees unobstructed views of the sea.”
But a federal judge granted the Biden scion’s bid to drop his lawsuit against former White House aide Garrett Ziegler — whose nonprofit Marco Polo digitized his infamous “Laptop from Hell” and put its embarrassing contents online — after he had departed for South Africa, photos show.Hunter had cried poor before the ruling last Friday, saying no one is buying his memoir or art and that he and his family were forced to relocate from their Malibu rental home after wildfires.
But photos showed him waltzing around Cape Town, shopping with his South African-born wife Melissa Cohen and holing up at the ritzy resort with his federal entourage.
Ziegler told The Post on Monday that Hunter had “fled the country” — and “worse than that, US taxpayers are footing the bill for it.”
“Trump should strip his Secret Service protection, which he is not entitled to, and make Joe Biden, who is collecting three handsome federal pensions, foot the bill,” Ziegler said.
The ex-White House aide also noted that Trump should consider relieving from “his duties immediately” federal prosecutor Derek Hines, who worked on Hunter’s twin criminal cases.
Read the rest: Trump strips Hunter and Ashley Biden of Secret Service protection ‘effective immediately’ (https://nypost.com/2025/03/17/us-news/trump-will-look-into-hunter-biden-government-funded-security/)
“Hunter Biden has had Secret Service protection for an extended period of time, all paid for by the United States Taxpayer,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “There are as many as 18 people on this Detail, which is ridiculous!”
“He is currently vacationing in, of all places, South Africa, where the Human Rights of people has been strenuously questioned,” the president added. “Because of this, South Africa has been taken off our list of Countries receiving Economic and Financial Assistance.
“Please be advised that, effective immediately, Hunter Biden will no longer receive Secret Service protection,” Trump announced.
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Former President Joe Biden’s son was staying in a $500-a-night villa (https://nypost.com/2025/03/15/us-news/hunter-biden-fled-for-south-africa-vacation-avoiding-lawsuit-deposition/) in Cape Town, described on its website as an “ultra-luxurious designer home with spectacular 180 degrees unobstructed views of the sea.”
But a federal judge granted the Biden scion’s bid to drop his lawsuit against former White House aide Garrett Ziegler — whose nonprofit Marco Polo digitized his infamous “Laptop from Hell” and put its embarrassing contents online — after he had departed for South Africa, photos show.Hunter had cried poor before the ruling last Friday, saying no one is buying his memoir or art and that he and his family were forced to relocate from their Malibu rental home after wildfires.
But photos showed him waltzing around Cape Town, shopping with his South African-born wife Melissa Cohen and holing up at the ritzy resort with his federal entourage.
Ziegler told The Post on Monday that Hunter had “fled the country” — and “worse than that, US taxpayers are footing the bill for it.”
“Trump should strip his Secret Service protection, which he is not entitled to, and make Joe Biden, who is collecting three handsome federal pensions, foot the bill,” Ziegler said.
The ex-White House aide also noted that Trump should consider relieving from “his duties immediately” federal prosecutor Derek Hines, who worked on Hunter’s twin criminal cases.
Read the rest: Trump strips Hunter and Ashley Biden of Secret Service protection ‘effective immediately’ (https://nypost.com/2025/03/17/us-news/trump-will-look-into-hunter-biden-government-funded-security/)