Editing United States Secret Service (section)

==History==
===Early years===
[[File:Logo of the United States Secret Service.svg|180px|left|thumb| Logo of the United States Secret Service]]

Following the Civil War, counterfeiting of U.S. currency was a problem.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mihalek |first1=Donald J. |title=How the investigation into Trump's attempted assassination may play out: ANALYSIS |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/investigation-trumps-attempted-assassination-play-analysis/story?id=112221550 |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=24 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref> [[Abraham Lincoln]] established a commission to make recommendations to remedy the problem. According to a Clinton White House archive, the day that Abraham Lincoln signed the approval of starting the Secret Service, Lincoln was shot.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=The U.S Secret Service in History |work=[[White House]] |date=Spring 1984 |access-date=12 March 2025 |language=en |url=https://clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov/WH/kids/inside/html/spring98-2.html |title=The U.S Secret Service in History }}</ref> The Secret Service was later established on July 5, 1865, in [[Washington, D.C.]],<ref name="Secret Service history">{{cite web |title=Timeline of our History |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/timeline |website=United States Secret Service |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=5 February 2025}}</ref> Chief [[William P. Wood]] was sworn in by [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Hugh McCulloch]]. It was commissioned in [[Washington, D.C.]], as the "Secret Service Division" of the Department of the Treasury with the mission of suppressing counterfeiting. At the time, the only other federal law enforcement agencies were the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Post Office Department]]'s Office of Instructions and Mail Depredations (originally created by the first [[United States Postmaster General|postmaster general]] [[Benjamin Franklin]] in 1772 as the position of surveyor and becoming an agency in 1830, now known as the [[United States Postal Inspection Service]] since 1954),<ref name="Postal service history">{{cite news |title=United States Postal Inspection Service: Because the Mail Matters |url=https://about.usps.com/publications/pub162/welcome.htm |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=USPS About |issue=Publication 162 - Because the Mail Matters |publisher=United States Postal Service |date=February 2009}}</ref> [[United States Customs Service]] (formed July 31, 1789), the [[United States Marshals Service]] (formed September 24, 1789) and the [[United States Park Police]] (originally formed in 1791 as the Park Watchman by [[George Washington]] & becoming the Park Police on December 14, 1919). In 1867 Secret Service responsibilities were broadened to include "detecting persons perpetrating frauds against the government" with them investigating the [[Ku Klux Klan]], illegal [[Distillation|distillers]], [[smugglers]], mail theft and land fraud.<ref name="Secret Service history">{{cite web |title=Timeline of our History |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/timeline |website=United States Secret Service |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=5 February 2025}}</ref> In 1870 Secret Service headquarters was moved to [[New York City]] but was returned to Washington D.C. four years later in 1874, where it remains to this day.<ref name="Secret Service history">{{cite web |title=Timeline of our History |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/timeline |website=United States Secret Service |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=5 February 2025}}</ref>

===20th century===
After the [[Assassination of William McKinley|assassination]] of President [[William McKinley]] in 1901, [[United States Congress|Congress]] informally requested that the Secret Service provide presidential protection. A year later, the Secret Service assumed full-time responsibility for presidential protection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline of Our History |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/timeline |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.secretservice.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunleavy |first=Mark |date=2024-07-15 |title=How McKinley's Assassination Spurred Secret Service Presidential Protection |url=https://www.history.com/news/mckinley-assassination-created-the-secret-service |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=HISTORY |language=en}}</ref> In 1902, [[William Craig (Secret Service)|William Craig]] became the first Secret Service agent to die while on duty, in a road accident while riding in the presidential carriage.<ref>{{cite news |title=Forgotten hero gets due after a century |last=Casillas |first=Ofelia |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=September 4, 2002 |page=3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/231233006/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 9, 2019 |archive-date=June 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620203942/https://www.newspapers.com/image/231233006/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Secret Service was the first U.S. domestic intelligence and counterintelligence agency. Domestic intelligence collection and counterintelligence responsibilities were later vested in the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI).

====Taft Mexican Summit (1909)====
In 1909, President [[William H. Taft]] agreed to meet with Mexican president [[Porfirio Díaz]] in [[El Paso, Texas]], and [[Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua]], the first meeting between a U.S. and a Mexican president and also the first time an American president visited Mexico.{{sfn|Harris|Sadler|2009|pp=1–2}} The historic summit resulted in serious assassination threats and other security concerns for the nascent Secret Service, so the [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]], 4,000 U.S. and Mexican troops, [[Bureau of Investigation|BOI]] agents, U.S. Marshals, and an additional 250-man private security detail led by [[Frederick Russell Burnham]], the celebrated scout, were all called in by Chief [[John Wilkie]] to provide added security.{{sfn|Harris|Sadler|2009|p=15}}<ref>{{cite news |date=October 16, 1909|title=Mr. Taft's Peril; Reported Plot to Kill Two Presidents|newspaper=Daily Mail |location=London |issn=0307-7578}}</ref> On October 16, the day of the summit, Burnham discovered a man holding a concealed [[Protector Palm Pistol|palm pistol]] standing at the El Paso Chamber of Commerce building along the procession route.<ref>{{harvp|Hammond|1935|pp=565–566}}</ref> The man was captured and disarmed only a few feet from Díaz and Taft.{{sfn|Harris|Sadler|2009|p=213}}

==== 1920s ====
[[File:Florence Bolan.png|thumb|First female operative Florence Bolan]]
The first unofficial female special agent was Florence Bolan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2015 |title=A history of the Secret Service |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/a-history-of-the-secret-service/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=CBS News}}</ref> She joined the service in 1917.<ref name=":1" /> In 1924, Bolan was promoted to operative (the title preceding special agent) where she performed duties, such as searching female prisoners and engaging in occasional fieldwork.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=FY 2022 United States Secret Service Annual Report |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2023-02/fy-2022-annual-report-final.pdf |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=United States Secret Service |page=26}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>

====1940s====
The Secret Service assisted in arresting Japanese American leaders and in the [[Japanese American internment]] during [[World War II]].<ref>11 Asian L.J. 147 (2004), Foreword: ''Sixty Years after the Internment: Civil Rights, Identity Politics, and Racial Profiling''; Tamaki, Donald K.</ref>

====1950s====
In 1950, President [[Harry S. Truman]] was residing in [[Blair House]] while the White House, across the street, was undergoing renovations. On November 1, 1950, two [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] nationalists, [[Oscar Collazo]] and [[Griselio Torresola]], approached Blair House with the intent to [[Truman assassination attempt|assassinate President Truman]]. Collazo and Torresola opened fire on Private [[Leslie Coffelt]] and other White House Police officers. Though mortally wounded by three shots from a [[9×19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] German [[Luger P08 pistol|Luger]] to his chest and abdomen, Private Coffelt returned fire, killing Torresola with a single shot to his head. Collazo was also shot, but survived his injuries and served 29 years in prison before returning to Puerto Rico in late 1979.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}} Coffelt is the only member of the Secret Service killed while protecting a US president against an assassination attempt (Special Agent [[Tim McCarthy]] stepped in front of President [[Ronald Reagan]] during the [[Reagan assassination attempt|assassination attempt]] of March 30, 1981, and took a bullet to the chest but made a full recovery<ref>
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====1960s====
In 1968, as a result of [[Robert F. Kennedy]]'s assassination, Congress authorized protection of major presidential and vice presidential candidates and nominees.<ref>{{USPL|90|331}}</ref> In 1965 and 1968, Congress also authorized lifetime protection of the spouses of deceased presidents unless they remarry and of the children of former presidents until age 16.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-82/pdf/STATUTE-82-Pg1190.pdf|date=October 21, 1968|title=Public Law 90-608-October 21, 1968 ~ Page 1198|work=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]|access-date=June 3, 2019|archive-date=June 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603193013/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-82/pdf/STATUTE-82-Pg1190.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

====1970s====
In 1970, Phyllis Shantz became the first female officer sworn into the [[United States Secret Service Uniformed Division]], then called the Executive Protective Service. In 1971, the first five official female Special Agents were sworn in - Laurie Anderson, Sue Baker, Kathryn Clark, Holly Hufschmidt, and Phyllis Shantz.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/6998539/trump-shooting-republicans-blame-dei-secret-service-women/|title=Critics Blame 'DEI' for Trump's Shooting|first=Koh|last=Ewe|date=July 15, 2024|magazine=TIME}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/timeline|title=Timeline of Our History|website=www.secretservice.gov}}</ref>

====1980s====
[[File:Secret Service analyst examining counterfeit documents.png|thumb|Secret Service analyst examining counterfeit documents<ref>{{citation|title=US Secret Service annual 2013 report|year=2013|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/data/press/reports/USSS_FY2013AR.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103214438/https://www.secretservice.gov/data/press/reports/USSS_FY2013AR.pdf|archive-date=November 3, 2018}}</ref>]]
In 1984, the US Congress passed the [[Comprehensive Crime Control Act]], which extended the Secret Service's jurisdiction over credit card fraud and computer fraud.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Doyle |first=Charles |date=October 15, 2014 |title=Cybercrime: An Overview of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Statute and Related Federal Criminal Laws |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/97-1025.pdf |journal=[[Congressional Research Service]] |access-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-date=November 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127211519/https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/97-1025.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

====1990s====
In 1990, the Secret Service initiated [[Operation Sundevil]], which they originally intended as a sting against malicious [[hacker (computer security)|hackers]], allegedly responsible for disrupting telephone services across the entire United States. The operation, which was later described by [[Bruce Sterling]] in his book ''[[The Hacker Crackdown]]'', affected a great number of people unrelated to hacking, and led to no convictions. The Secret Service, however, was sued and required to pay damages.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}} On March 1, 1990, the Secret Service served a search warrant on [[Steve Jackson Games]], a small company in [[Austin, Texas]], seizing three computers and over 300 floppy disks. In the subsequent lawsuit, the judge reprimanded the Secret Service, calling their warrant preparation "sloppy."<ref name="tex437">{{cite court |litigants=Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service |vol=816 |reporter=F. Supp. |opinion=432 |pinpoint=437 |court=[[W.D. Tex.]] |date=1993 |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/816/432/1976489/ |access-date=May 29, 2020 }}</ref>

In 1994 and 1995, it ran an undercover sting called [[Operation Cybersnare]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctia.org/media/press/body.cfm/prid/1|title=Wireless Industry Salutes U.S. Secret Service|publisher=Ctia.org |date=September 11, 1995|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323160603/http://www.ctia.org/media/press/body.cfm/prid/1|archive-date=March 23, 2012}}</ref> The Secret Service has concurrent jurisdiction with the FBI over certain violations of federal computer crime laws. They have created 24 Electronic Crimes Task Forces (ECTFs) across the United States. These task forces are partnerships between the service, federal/state and local law enforcement, the private sector and academia aimed at combating technology-based crimes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ECTF and FCTF |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/contact/ectf-fctf |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=www.secretservice.gov}}</ref>

In 1998, President [[Bill Clinton]] signed [[PDD-62|Presidential Decision Directive 62]], which established [[National Special Security Event]]s (NSSE). That directive made the Secret Service responsible for security at designated events. In 1999, the United States Secret Service Memorial Building was dedicated in DC, granting the agency its first headquarters. Prior to this, the agency's different departments were based in office space around the DC area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/|title=History|website=secretservice.gov|access-date=May 14, 2017|archive-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627204241/https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[General Services Administration]] acquired the United States Secret Service Memorial Building's adjoining property, the [[Webster School (Washington, D.C.)|Webster School]], for the Secret Service.<ref name=irwin>{{cite news | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/409238073 | title=An Unlikely Savior for 1882 School | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=February 13, 2002 | accessdate=December 8, 2023 | author=Irwin, Neil | pages=E01| id={{ProQuest|409238073}} }}</ref>

===21st century===
===2000s===
==== September 11 attacks ====
The New York City Field office was located at [[7 World Trade Center (1987–2001)|7 World Trade Center]]. Immediately after the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] was attacked as part of the [[September 11 attacks]], Special Agents and other New York Field office employees were among the first to respond with first aid. Sixty-seven Special Agents in New York City, at and near the New York Field Office, helped to set up [[triage]] areas and evacuate the towers. One Secret Service employee, Master Special Officer Craig Miller,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.odmp.org/officer/15843-master-special-officer-craig-j-miller |title=Master Special Officer Craig J. Miller |website=ODMP.org |publisher=The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. |access-date=August 12, 2013 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105013706/http://www.odmp.org/officer/15843-master-special-officer-craig-j-miller |url-status=dead }}</ref> died during the rescue efforts. On August 20, 2002, Director [[Brian L. Stafford]] awarded the Director's Valor Award to employees who assisted in the rescue attempts.<ref name=Kessler>{{cite book|title=In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect|year=2009|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|last=Kessler|first=Ronald|isbn=9780307461353|url=https://archive.org/details/inpresidentssecr00kess|url-access=registration}}</ref>

==== Domestic expansion ====
[[File:Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF).jpg|thumb|Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF)]]
[[File:Secret Service Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Task Force (AFMLTF).png|thumb|Secret Service Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Task Force (AFMLTF)]]
Effective March 1, 2003, the Secret Service transferred from the Treasury to the newly established Department of Homeland Security.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/#carousel|title=History|website=secretservice.gov|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627204241/https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/#carousel|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[USA Patriot Act]], signed into law by President [[George W. Bush]] on October 26, 2001, mandated the Secret Service to establish a nationwide network of ECTFs in addition to the one already active in New York. As such, this mandate expanded on the agency's first ECTF—the New York Electronic Crimes Task Force, formed in 1995—which brought together federal, state and local law enforcement, prosecutors, private-industry companies, and academia. These bodies collectively provide necessary support and resources to field investigations that meet any one of the following criteria: significant economic or community impact; participation of organized criminal groups involving multiple districts or transnational organizations; or use of schemes involving new technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf.shtml|title=United States Secret Service: Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Working Groups |publisher=Secretservice.gov|date=October 26, 2001|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806094838/http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf.shtml|archive-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf_about.shtml|title=About the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Forces|publisher=Secretservice.gov|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818184516/http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf_about.shtml|archive-date=August 18, 2012}}</ref>

The network prioritizes investigations that meet the following criteria:
* Significant economic or community impact,
* Participation of multiple-district or transnational organized criminal groups,
* Use of new technology as a means to commit crime.

Investigations conducted by ECTFs include crimes such as computer generated counterfeit currency; bank fraud; virus and worm proliferation; access device fraud; telecommunications fraud; Internet threats; computer system intrusions and cyberattacks; phishing/spoofing; assistance with Internet-related child pornography and exploitation; and identity theft.<ref>{{cite web|title=United States Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Forces|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/USSS%20Electronic%20Crimes%20Task%20Force.pdf|publisher=US Department of Homeland Security|access-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829010121/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/USSS%20Electronic%20Crimes%20Task%20Force.pdf|archive-date=August 29, 2017|url-status=dead}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>

==== International expansion ====
[[File:Secret Service Cyber Intelligence Center (CIS).jpg|thumb|right|Secret Service Cyber Intelligence Center (CIS)]]
On July 6, 2009, the U.S. Secret Service expanded its fight on [[cybercrime]] by creating the first [[European Electronic Crime Task Force]], based on the successful U.S. domestic model, through a memorandum of understanding with Italian police and postal officials. Over a year later, on August 9, 2010, the agency expanded its European involvement by creating its second overseas ECTF in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA05-09_EuropeanECTF.pdf|title=United States Secret Service Signs Partnership Agreement With Italian Officials Establishing the First European Electronic Crimes Task Force |date=July 6, 2009|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915122628/http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA05-09_EuropeanECTF.pdf |archive-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA06-10_LondonECTF.pdf|title=United States Secret Service Signs Partnership Agreement With United Kingdom Officials Establishing the Second European Electronic Crimes Task Force|date=August 9, 2010|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915122400/http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA06-10_LondonECTF.pdf |archive-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref>

Both task forces are said to concentrate on a wide range of "computer-based criminal activity," including:
* [[Identity theft]]
* [[Data breach|Network intrusions]]
* Other computer-related crimes affecting financial and other critical infrastructures.

====2010s====
In September 2014, the United States Secret Service came under criticism following two high-profile incidents involving intruders at the White House. [[2014 White House intrusion|One such intruder entered the East Room]] of the White House through an unlocked door.<ref name="intruders">{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secret-service-chief-acknowledges-white-house-intruder-entered-east-room-used-unlocked-door|title=House intruder entered East Room, used unlocked door|first=Ed|last=Henry|publisher=[[FOX News]], [[Associated Press]]|date=September 30, 2014|access-date=September 30, 2014|archive-date=September 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930150222/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/30/issa-accuses-secret-service-giving-false-account-white-house-breach/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====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>