The composition of the US Secret Service, which performs the function of guarding the president and his residence, will change with the coming to office Joe Biden . Part of the personnel change is due to the fact that Democrats know about the supporters of Donald Trump among the previous recruitment, reports The Washington Post .
It is reported that during the election of a new head of state, the composition, as a rule, changes – but this time the reshuffle will be larger because of the fears of the new administration. The publication reports that Biden, as Bill Clinton after the president George W. Bush does not trust agents close to Trump.
Instead of them, the Secret Service officers who already guarded Biden when he was Vice President at Barack Obama .
According to sources close to the issue, service managers instructed their subordinates not to wear masks at events with Trump, because he was against such a measure – and thus contradicted their own security guidelines. Also in an unprecedented step was the fact that one of the functionaries of the service, Anthony Ornato, was for some time an adviser to the White House on holding rallies in support of the president.
According to the publication, more than 130 service employees have caught the coronavirus this year, About the first infected in their ranks it became known back in May.