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Politico: Trump Employing Private Security Firm, Bucking Tradition

HeadlineDec 21, 2016

A new investigation by Politico reveals Donald Trump is continuing to employ a private security and private intelligence team—and that he’s expected to keep the private team in place after he becomes president. The move would buck decades of tradition in which presidents and presidents-elect rely on the Secret Service and local law enforcement, not private teams, for their personal security. An earlier Politico investigation revealed Trump’s private security team has profiled protesters and sometimes used rough tactics. In one case, five protesters accused Trump’s security team of assaulting them during a protest in September.

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