Nikki Haley's request for Secret Service protection raises eligibility questions: ANALYSIS
ABC News
The Republican presidential candidate was the target of two recent "swatting" incidents at her home.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley this week made the request that many candidates hope to get approved for -- protection by the Secret Service.
Although the former South Carolina governor's campaign has not articulated specifically why she made the request, it comes after her campaign reported that two "swatting" attempts were made against her home in South Carolina as well as "multiple issues" regarding her safety that Haley cited to the Wall Street Journal after a campaign event in South Carolina.
Swatting is when a call for police services is made, with the caller falsely reporting a dangerous emergency intended to elicit a robust police response.
Haley is the second candidate this election season to request Secret Service protection. Last year, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made three requests for Secret Service protection, all of which were declined due to his campaign's inability to meet the thresholds needed to be offered protection. Kennedy implied that the denial of protection was due in part to politics.
ABC News previously reached out to the Department of Homeland Security about why Kennedy was denied protection and the agency declined to comment.
