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December 21, 2016

Politico: Trump Employing Private Security Firm, Bucking Tradition
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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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