There are no known reports that would indicate a threat against Leavitt or a reason for her own detail, but high-profile figures from Washington D.C. to Hollywood and beyond have upped their security amid fears of similar attacks. Kirk was sitting outdoors in a public plaza surrounded by college students when Tyler Robinson allegedly climbed to the roof of a neighboring building and shot him with a rifle. Per U.S. law, the president and vice president are legally required to accept protection from the Secret Service; however, it's not unusual for other high-profile politicos to be granted protection, including the White House chief of staff and national security adviser. And while rare, it's also not unprecedented for press secretaries to be given a detail. In 2018, then-press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was assigned a team after an incident in which a Lexington, Virginia, restaurant refused to serve her.