Secret Service to make changes to presidential detail to bring on agents who worked with Biden – By Carol D. Leonnig (The Washington Post) / Dec 31 2020
The Secret Service is making some staff changes in the presidential detail that will guard President-elect Joe Biden, amid concerns from Biden allies that some current members were politically aligned with President Trump, according to two people familiar with the changes.
© Mark Makela/Getty Images A member of the Secret Service monitors activity as President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks in Wilmington, Del., on Monday.
As Biden readies his new administration, the Secret Service plans to bring back to the White House detail a handful of senior agents whom Biden knows well from their work more than four years ago guarding him and his family when he was vice president.
Staff changes are typical with the arrival of a new president and are designed to increase the trust and comfort the incoming president feels with his protective agents, who often stand by the president’s side during sensitive discussions and private moments.
