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Isn't the Secret Service supposed to protect the president?
by TheArcane 10y ago
Isn't the Secret Service supposed to protect the president?
- geoffpado 10y agoThey actually do both! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service#Dual_mission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service#D... The original mission of the Secret Service was investigating financial crimes; protecting people was only added later. They even used to be a branch of the Department of Treasury.
- elcct 10y agoYes, getting suddenly rich and not giving president a cut or at least inviting him for a dinner is a huge insult. Excuse my poor humour :D
- pc86 10y agoThey were a part of the Treasury Department until 2003 (now DHS) and deal with counterfeiting and other financial crimes. I don't know for sure that fraud like this would land in the Secret Service queue and not the FBI but it's certainly plausible. It mostly depends on which specific statute(s) you're being investigated for as to which agency(ies) do the investigating.
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- dragonwriter 10y ago> They are a part of the Treasury Department officially Used to be; but now they are part of Homeland Security.
- pc86 10y agoYou are correct, thank you. Edited to fix.
- lmm 10y agoTheir original job was to protect the currency. They got the job of protecting the president because at the time they were basically the only federal agency with the right capabilities.