Candidates will have the same number of protection agents as the current president US Presidential Electionaccording to a bill approved by the Chamber of Deputies.
The bill was introduced in July by Republican lawmakers following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Today, five days after the second attempt on his life, the bill was unanimously approved.
The director of the Secret Service, responsible for protecting politicians, must “apply the same criteria to determine the number of agents necessary to protect the president, the vice president, the principal candidates for the presidency and the vice presidency, referred to in article 10”. this text.
To be implemented, the project also needs to be approved by the Senate.