Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. again assailed the Biden administration for refusing his many requests for Secret Service protection despite turning over "68 pages of material death threats" and having four break-ins at his home.
Kennedy has asked for and been denied protection five times since July, the last rejection coming earlier this month from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Kennedy made the assertion in an interview with "The World Over Live" that aired Friday.
"I provided them 68 pages of material death threats of, you know, actual incidents where people coming with guns to my events and trying to get into my green room with hidden weapons," Kennedy said.
Secret Service protection was first expanded to presidential candidates because of the assassination of Kennedy's father, Robert F. Kennedy, in 1968 while he was running for president. His uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963.
Kennedy said he's had four break-ins at his house since announcing his presidential run, "including one intruder who got to the second floor when my family was there."
But he worries about the potential collateral damage if an attempt is made on his life.
"What I worry about is, if there is an incident, bystanders will also ... almost all of the big assassination attempts, including my father's, there were six bystanders shot," Kennedy said.
"My uncle, President Kennedy, had several bystanders shot," he continued. "In all of these incidents, you get people who are caught in the crossfire, and it's important to have Secret Service protection to discourage those things from happening."
The Secret Service ordered officials to ignore a security request from Kennedy in February after an agency assessment dismissed the threat potential against him.