Taxpayers paid more than $24 million for DeVos’ security detail over the last 4 years: report

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A new report detailing the staggering cost taxpayers are paying for U.S. Department of Education Betsy DeVos’ security detail is drawing criticism from the American public.

Over the past four years, DeVos’ security detail has cost taxpayers more than $24 million, according to Politico. An additional $3 million is expected to be spent on DeVos’ security from now through the month of February, a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) revealed to the publication on Tuesday.

“No other cabinet secretaries during the Trump administration has or had this agreement with the USMS,” the spokesperson wrote in an email. Continue reading.