U.S. Secret Service

Trump rejects ex-FBI director Comey's explanation of '8647' post

US law enforcement officials said on Thursday they were looking into the post depicting an image of "8647," which some Trump supporters interpreted as a threat against him.

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Former FBI director James posting picture including '8647' written out in sea shells. Pro-President Trump activists have claimed this was a call to assassinate the president, May 15, 2025.
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle exits after testifying before a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on the security lapses that allowed an attempted assassination of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 22, 2024.

US Secret Service chief resigns following Trump assassination attempt - report

Kimberly Cheatle resigned after failing to prevent an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally.

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Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump walks during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, July 15, 2024.

US received intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, CNN reports

During this election cycle, the campaign stopped holding spontaneous off-the-record events where guests weren’t swept by Secret Service beforehand due to security concerns, CNN reported. 

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A general view of the Public hearing of the US House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 12, 2022.

Secret Service violated Federal Records Act by not preserving texts, says House Comm.

The purging of nearly all cellphone texts from the time of the insurrection was discovered last February by the Inspector General Department of Homeland Security’s Office.

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US Secret Service agent returned to US after attacking woman in Jerusalem

Agent's Secret Service access blocked, flown back to US pending investigation • Woman was physically attacked by one agent, released by other

JULY 15, 2022BySYDNEY MAUD , JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US president Joe Biden arrives for a visit at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2022.

US vice president's husband ushered out of event after reported security threat

VP Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, was ushered out of an event in Washington, DC after a threat was reported by the school to the secret service.

FEBRUARY 8, 2022ByREUTERS
Grassroots Fundraiser with Vice President Biden, Dr. Biden, Senator Kamala Harris, and Doug Emhoff - Wilmington, DE - August 21, 2020.

Press members evacuated from White House by Secret Service - report

Members of the White House press corps were told to leave the White House grounds by Secret Service personnel while a demonstration was taking place in Lafayette Square.

JUNE 23, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Demonstrators raise their fists in the air near the White House, during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, U.S., June 6, 2020

Jewish community to receive security training from U.S. Secret Service

The training event in Memphis, Tennessee, is organized by the Secure Community Network.

NOVEMBER 11, 2019ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers detain a man in front of the White House during a Fourth of July Independence Day protest in Washington, D.C., U.S.