As Lloyd Grove reported in the Washington Post:
It is a standard arrangement that the Secret Service provide payment to homeowners for space used by the agency in such situations. The Clintons did not take it upon themselves to "charge the Secret Service rent."
The amount provided is based on a government formula, not set by the homeowner, and in the Clintons' case this amount is $1,100. (Note that this figure was not chosen by the Clintons, and it is well short of their monthly mortgage payment.)
Most important, although regulations call for the payment of this amount, the Clinton's have not in fact accepted any money from the Secret Service.
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