Editing United States Secret Service (section)

====2020s====
On April 15, 2020, the ICE Homeland Security Investigations unit<ref name=unit>{{cite web |url=https://www.ice.gov/about-ice/homeland-security-investigations|title=Homeland Security Investigations : Overview|publisher=[[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> launched "Operation Stolen Promise" that targets [[COVID-19]] related [[fraud]]. The operation conscripted resources from various branches of law enforcement and the government, including the U.S. Secret Service.<ref name=taking>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/04/24/fact-sheet-dhs-taking-covid-19-related-fraud |title=DHS is Taking on COVID-19 Related Fraud |publisher=[[United States Department of Homeland Security|Homeland Security]]|date=April 24, 2020 |access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> About $2 trillion in the relief package known as the [[CARES Act]] were earmarked by law in March 2020, bringing [[unemployment benefit]]s and loans to millions of Americans. However, as Secret Service spokesmen subsequently pointed out, the Act also opened up opportunities for criminals to fraudulently apply for aid. By the end of 2021, nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secret Service had seized more than $1.2 billion in relief funds appropriated by fraudsters.<ref name=act>{{cite news |last= Lyngaas|first=Sean|date=December 21, 2021|title=Secret Service accelerates crackdown on Covid-19 scams |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/21/politics/secret-service-covid-fraud/index.html |work=[[CNN]]|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref>

On June 1, 2020, during a peaceful protest outside [[Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.|Lafayette Square]], the U.S. Secret Service acted contrary to an operational plan and began advancing seven minutes before U.S. Park Police gave any dispersal warnings.<ref name=":0" /> This early deployment increased tensions between law enforcement and the protesters.<ref name=":0" /> They faced resistance and used pepper spray in response to eggs and bottles being thrown.<ref name=":0" /> Attorney General [[William Barr]] spoke with the U.S. Park Police operational commander seven minutes before the Secret Service began advancing, and again later, [[Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church#Clearing Lafayette Square and St. John's|before President Trump visited]] a nearby Parish House to pose for a photo while holding a Bible.<ref name=":0" /> The U.S. Secret Service later apologized<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Review of U.S. Park Police Actions at Lafayette Park |url=https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/oig-reports/DOI/SpecialReviewUSPPActionsAtLafayetteParkPublic.pdf}}</ref> but [[Joseph Cuffari]], the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General, prevented career officials from investigating the role U.S. Secret Service played in the Trump administration’s controversial use of force to remove protesters that day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-20 |title=DHS Inspector General Blocked Investigation into Secret Service's Role in Clearing Protesters from Lafayette Square: Report |url=https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/dhs-inspector-general-blocked-investigations-into-secret-services-role-in-clearing-protesters-from-lafayette-square-report/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Law & Crime}}</ref>

In August 2020, a Secret Service officer shot a man once in the chest at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania during one of then-President Trump’s press conferences. The president was evacuated but returned later and told the White House press corps that the man had a gun. However, according to court documents, the man was actually holding a comb, told the officers he was armed and took a shooting stance before being shot. The man is schizophrenic and was charged with simple assault of a law enforcement officer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carega |first=Christina Pomeroy/Associated |date=August 27, 2020 |title=Man shot by Secret Service officer outside White House was holding a black comb and suffers from mental illness, court documents say|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/27/politics/white-house-secret-service-shooting/index.html |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Courtney Pomeroy|agency=Associated Press |date=August 27, 2020 |title=Court docs: Schizophrenic man shot by Secret Service outside White House had comb, not gun |url=https://wjla.com/news/local/court-docs-schizophrenic-man-shot-by-secret-service-outside-white-house-had-comb-not-gun |access-date=October 11, 2022 |website=WJLA}}</ref>

A day before the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]] in 2021, the Secret Service warned [[United States Capitol Police|Capitol Police]] of threats of violence that Capitol Police officers could face violence at the hands of supporters of President [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/25/secret-service-warned-capitol-police-violent-threats-january-riot-506806| title = Secret Service warned Capitol Police about violent threats 1 day before Jan. 6 - POLITICO| website = [[Politico]]| date = August 25, 2021}}</ref> On January 6, Secret Service agents provided security in and around the [[United States Capitol]], as well as evacuating Vice President [[Mike Pence]] during the riot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/trump-s-actions-during-capitol-riot-put-pence-danger-national-n1257772|title = Trump didn't just know Pence was in danger. It's way worse than that|website = [[MSNBC]]| date=February 13, 2021 }}</ref> Testimony in Congress indicates Pence was concerned his security detail would remove him from the Capitol, stopping him from completing his duty to oversee the final count of electoral college votes. At the center of the controversy surrounding the Secret Service and January 6 investigations is [[Anthony M. Ornato]], who had been the head of Trump's security detail, but took the unprecedented step of leaving the Secret Service to become deputy White House chief of staff and becoming a "key part of Trump’s effort to get reelected."<ref>The Washington Post, "Jan. 6 showed two identities of Secret Service: Gutsy heroes vs. Trump yes-men", July 2, 2022, by Carol D. Leonnig,[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/02/jan6-select-committee-cassidy-hutchinson-testimony-secret-service/]</ref>

The Secret Service assisted in the seizure of hacker forum [[RaidForums]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-leads-seizure-one-world-s-largest-hacker-forums-and-arrests-administrator|title = United States Leads Seizure of One of the World's Largest Hacker Forums and Arrests Administrator|date = April 12, 2022}}</ref>

In April 2022, four Secret Service agents, one of whom was assigned to First Lady [[Jill Biden]], were placed on leave after accepting lavish gifts, rent free apartments, and other bribes from two men ultimately convicted of impersonating federal officers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second D.C. man accused of posing as a federal agent pleads guilty |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/second-dc-man-accused-posing-federal-agent-pleads-guilty-rcna50875 |access-date=October 11, 2022 |website=NBC News |date=October 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Guns, drones, luxury apartments: Motive of accused police posers still unclear|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/04/30/ake-federal-agents-navy-yard-dc/ |access-date=October 11, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

On August 24, 2022, President [[Joe Biden]] named [[Kimberly Cheatle]], the senior director of global security at [[PepsiCo]], as the agency's new director. Cheatle was in the Secret Service for 27 years and became the first woman to serve as assistant director of protective operations, a department tasked with protecting the president and dignitaries.<ref name="Viser_8/24/2022">{{cite news | last=Viser | first=Matt | title=Biden names second woman to head the Secret Service | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=August 24, 2022 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/24/biden-first-woman-secret-service/ | access-date=October 11, 2022}}</ref>

On November 12, 2023, a Secret Service agent guarding [[Family of Joe Biden#Grandchildren|Naomi Biden]] fired shots at three people seen breaking into an unoccupied government vehicle in [[Georgetown, Washington, D.C.|Georgetown]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/us/politics/naomi-biden-secret-service-shoot-car.html|title=Secret Service Agent Protecting Naomi Biden Fires Gun During Car Break-In|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Glenn|last=Thrush|authorlink=Glenn Thrush|date=November 13, 2023|access-date=November 13, 2023|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/13/politics/secret-service-dc-break-in/index.html|title=Secret Service agent on Biden's granddaughter's security detail fired weapon in response to car break-in|first=Betsy|last=Klein|website=[[CNN]]|date=November 13, 2023|access-date=November 13, 2023}}</ref>

On July 13, 2024, Secret Service agents protecting former President [[Donald Trump]] at a campaign rally in [[Butler, Pennsylvania]] in advance of his presumptive [[Republican Party (United_States)|Republican]] candidacy in the [[2024 United States presidential election]], shot and killed [[Thomas Matthew Crooks]] during an [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|assassination attempt]] on Trump.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Arnsdorf |first1=Isaac |last2=Knowles |first2=Hannah |last3=Kornfield |first3=Meryl |last4=Barrett |first4=Devlin |date=2024-07-14 |title=Trump rally shooting was assassination attempt on ex-president, FBI says |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/13/trump-rally-pennsylvania/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Live updates: Trump says he was shot in the ear during rally; one attendee and shooter are dead |url=https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Associated Press}}</ref> Crooks, armed with an [[AR-15–style rifle]], had shot at Trump from an elevated position near the venue.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Layne |first1=Nathan |last2=McDermid |first2=Brendan |last3=Mason |first3=Jeff |date=14 July 2024 |title=Trump survives assassination attempt at campaign rally after major security lapse |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-shooting-raises-questions-about-security-lapses-2024-07-14/ |website=reuters.com}}</ref> Trump was injured in his right ear and quickly rushed to hospital, while Crooks was killed by a Secret Service counter-sniper.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tanyos |first=Faris |date=2024-07-14 |title=Trump rally shooter killed by Secret Service sniper, officials say|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooter-death-attendee-butler-county-da/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Kathryn |date=2024-07-14 |title=Trump says bullet "pierced the upper part of my right ear" when shots were fired at Pennsylvania rally|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-shots-pierced-injured-ear-rally-pennsylvania/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=CBS News}}</ref> One other attendee, 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, was also killed by Crooks and several others in attendance were injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-15 |title=Man killed at Trump rally identified as firefighter Corey Comperatore, who 'died a hero' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics/corey-comperatore-trump-shooting-victim/index.html |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=CNN}}</ref> 
On July 23, 2024, [[Kimberly Cheatle]] resigned from her position as the director of the Secret Service just one day after she testified before the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability]] about the assassination attempt and acknowledged it was "the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |date=2024-07-22 |title=Live Updates: Secret Service Chief Testifies on 'Failed' Response at Trump Rally |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/22/us/secret-service-hearing-trump-cheatle |access-date=2024-07-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Takeaways from the House hearing with Secret Service Director Cheatle on the Trump assassination attempt |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/politics/takeaways-trump-shooting-secret-service-cheatle-hearing/index.html |access-date=22 July 2024 |work=[[CNN]] |date=2024-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/kimberly-cheatle-secret-service-house-oversight-committee-13a7aaf8|title=Secret Service Director's Testimony Sparks Bipartisan Calls for Her Resignation|work=The Wall Street Journal|first1=C. Ryan|last1=Barber|first2=Sadie|last2=Gurman|date=July 22, 2024|access-date=July 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-resigns-sources/story?id=111990439|title=Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns|first1=Luke|last1=Barr|first2=Aaron|last2=Katersky|first3=Julia|last3=Reinstein |website=ABC News |date=July 23, 2024|access-date=July 23, 2024}}</ref>