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The '''United States Secret Service''' ('''USSS''' or '''Secret Service''') is a [[Federal law enforcement in the United States|federal law enforcement]] agency under the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to U.S. political leaders, their families, and visiting heads of state or government.<ref name="crs report">{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf |title=The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions|last=Resse |first=Shawn|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=April 18, 2012|publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]|archive-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418201206/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The Secret Service was, [[United States Department of the Treasury#2003 reorganization|until 2003]], part of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]], due to their initial mandate of combating [[Counterfeit United States currency|counterfeiting of U.S. currency]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/secret-service-fast-facts/index.html |date=May 3, 2019 |title=Secret Service Fast Facts |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531070231/https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/secret-service-fast-facts/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The agency has protected U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since 1901.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/webstories/feature/secret-service-all-about-us-elite-force-20543|title=SECRET SERVICE: ALL ABOUT US ELITE FORCE |website=[[NDTV]]}}</ref>
The '''United States Secret Service''' ('''USSS''' or '''Secret Service''') is a [[Federal law enforcement in the United States|federal law enforcement]] agency under the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to U.S. political leaders, their families, and visiting heads of state or government.<ref name="crs report">{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf |title=The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions|last=Resse |first=Shawn|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=April 18, 2012|publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]|archive-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418201206/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The Secret Service was, [[United States Department of the Treasury#2003 reorganization|until 2003]], part of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]], due to their initial mandate of combating [[Counterfeit United States currency|counterfeiting of U.S. currency]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/secret-service-fast-facts/index.html |date=May 3, 2019 |title=Secret Service Fast Facts |publisher=CNN |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531070231/https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/secret-service-fast-facts/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The agency has protected U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since 1901.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/webstories/feature/secret-service-all-about-us-elite-force-20543|title=SECRET SERVICE: ALL ABOUT US ELITE FORCE |website=[[NDTV]]}}</ref>


==Primary missions==
==Primary missions==
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====2020s====
====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 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>
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>
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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 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 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}}</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 November 12, 2023, a Secret Service agent guarding 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}}</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 |last=Arnsdorf |first=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 |work=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 |last=Layne |first=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 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 |last=Arnsdorf |first=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 |work=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 |last=Layne |first=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}}</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|first=C. Ryan|last=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|first=Luke|last=Barr|first2=Aaron|last2=Katersky|first3=Julia|last3=Reinstein |website=ABC News |date=July 23, 2024|access-date=July 23, 2024}}</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}}</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|first=C. Ryan|last=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|first=Luke|last=Barr|first2=Aaron|last2=Katersky|first3=Julia|last3=Reinstein |website=ABC News |date=July 23, 2024|access-date=July 23, 2024}}</ref>


==Attacks on presidents==
==Attacks on presidents==
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