Sends Secret Service reinforcements to Joe Biden – VG

It is The Washington Post which reports that the Secret Service on Friday is sending reinforcements to Wilmington in Delaware where Joe Biden is staying.

The reason is that the federal police department assumes that Joe Biden may soon declare himself the winner of the presidential election, according to two anonymous sources who are familiar with the plans.

It is Biden’s campaign that has warned the security service that the presidential candidate may give such a speech from a conference center in Wilmington already on Friday, according to the newspaper’s sources.

The presidential election has not yet been decided, but it can stand for the result in the tipping state of Pennsylvania, which has 20 voters. If Biden wins this, he will round 270 voters and win the presidential election.

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Secret Service and the Biden campaign silent

The Secret Service is subject to a strict duty of confidentiality when it comes to information about who will declare himself president.

Dozens of Secret Service agents have taken care of Biden’s security since the election began on Tuesday, but the protection is often even greater for the elected president.

According to the Washington Post, they will not give him the same protection now as if he had actually been elected, but the escalation on Friday is a step in “that direction”.

Catherine Milhoan, spokesperson for the Secret Service, does not want to comment on the matter to the newspaper, explaining that it is standard practice to comment on this to the media. Nor has a spokesperson from the Biden campaign wanted to comment on the case to the Washington Post.

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