After leaving leadership, Nancy Pelosi could potentially lose her full-time security detail as well.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could lose her government-funded security detail shortly after her husband was brutally attacked at their San Francisco home.
As she’d promised previously, the 82-year-old Democratic congresswoman announced she would be stepping down from her role in House leadership Thursday, presumably clearing the way for a new generation to ascend into leadership.
“Now we must move boldly into the future,” Pelosi said in a speech on the House floor. “The hour has come for a new generation.”
In doing so, Pelosi—who will remain in Congress for the time being—relinquishes the spotlight she had held since her first term as speaker starting in 2007. But in doing so, she will likely also relinquish the government-funded security detail assigned to Washington’s top political figures.
By law, the United States Secret Service is required to protect any figures in line for the presidency, including the president, the vice president, or other individuals next in order of succession to the Office of the President, among others.
