Security costs for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Elizabeth (Betsy) Dee DeVosNEA president says Azar and DeVos should resign over school reopening guidance The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - You might want to download TikTok now Former DeVos chief of staff joins anti-Trump group MORE could reportedly reach $6.54 million over the next year.

DeVos's security detail since February has cost $5.28 million, an Education Department official told Politico — about $2.5 million less than the projected cost.

A spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service, which provides DeVos's personal detail, told POLITICO that he could not disclose the nature of security threats against her or the size of her security detail.

ADVERTISEMENT

Education secretaries are typically protected by department security employees.

The marshals service began providing DeVos’s security detail in February after protesters blocked her from entering a D.C. public school.

A deal covering DeVos's detail was just renewed for fiscal 2018.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt Edward (Scott) Scott PruittJuan Williams: Swamp creature at the White House Science protections must be enforceable Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE maintains a 24-hour security detail that has drawn criticism.



