The Secret Service is reportedly spending upwards of $30,000 a month on a lavish Malibu mansion to protect Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.
“Taxpayers are shelling out more than $30,000 a month so the Secret Service can rent an estate in the upscale celebrity enclave of Malibu to protect Hunter Biden, who is living nearby in a ‘resort-style’ home with ‘enchanting’ panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean,” reports the NY Post.
“Typically, wherever a protectee sets up their residence, the Secret Service is forced to find someplace to rent nearby at market value,” retired agent Don Mihalek told ABC News.
”This isn’t new,” he added. “The service has had to do this in past administrations, and unfortunately, the housing market right now has driven the prices up substantially.”
Hunter should recognize the exorbitant cost of his own protection in the exclusive Malibu neighborhood, and cooperate with the Secret Service to bring down the expenses,” said Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist at good government advocacy group Public Citizen.
“A cost of $30,000 a month for the Secret Service to rent a home in Malibu next to Hunter is an unconscionable burden to taxpayers, all for the personal benefit of Hunter Biden,” he added. “Hunter should realize this and accommodate his security detail in his own home.”
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