{"id":1436463,"date":"2022-04-13T22:01:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436463"},"modified":"2022-04-13T22:02:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:02:12","slug":"secret-service-agents-claim-white-house-lied-about-dog-attack-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-agents-claim-white-house-lied-about-dog-attack-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service Agents Claim White House Lied About Dog Attack Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecret-service-agents-claim-white-house-lied-about-dog-attack-story%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/50912591382_63638fdfa7_o-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Recently unearthed documents show that secret service agents were outraged last year when the White House attempted to spin a story about an attack by then-first dog Major.<\/p>\n<p>Released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/biden-dog-major\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Judicial Watch<\/a>, the documents reveal that the Secret Service attempted to downplay events and even reprimanded one of the agents for detailing the attack, fearing it would upset the Biden family.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In March 2021, White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed that one dog attack occurred after Major was \u201csurprised by an unfamiliar person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first family\u2019s younger dog, Major, was surprised by an unfamiliar person and reacted in a way that resulted in a minor injury to the individual,\u201d Psaki acknowledged at the time.<\/p>\n<p>According to the unsealed documents, the bite occurred after the dog bit agents over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/26\/joe-bidens-dog-bit-more-people-than-disclosed-emails-show\/\">eight consecutive days<\/a>\u00a0and the injuries were \u201csevere\u201d rather than minor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNO I didn\u2019t surprise the dog doing my job by being at [redacted] as the press secretary just said! Now I\u2019m pissed,\u201d the agent <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/13\/secret-service-agents-outraged-by-white-house-spin-over-first-dog-bites-report\/\">reportedly wrote<\/a> to a co-worker. The co-worker replied, \u201cSMH. .. hope you didn\u2019t get hurt to [sic] bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another message from a Secret Service employee referenced the bite, explaining that the \u201cinjury cannot be described in any other term than \u2018severe\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The heavily redacted incident report said that the bite occurred at 7:00 a.m. in the White House residential area on the second floor near first lady Jill Biden\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout warning or provocation, Major barked loudly at [the agent] \u2026 and charged,\u201d the report said.\u00a0\u201cHaving no time to seek cover from the attack, [the agent] turned away from the dog as he bit into [redacted] right leg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Cho, President Biden\u2019s then-chief protective agent, wrote in an email later that day:\u00a0\u201cMajor bit one of the agents this morning. The agent is ok, but does have bruising and a puncture.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The agent was reportedly bitten by Major a second time, but no specifics have been made available. Photos of the injuries were redacted in the report except for one that showed the agent\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/JW-v-Secret-Service-Biden-dogs-records-02824-pgs-238-239-1.pdf\">torn wool overcoat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two months later, the agent sought reimbursement and gave his first-hand account, for which he was reprimanded for fear of offending the Bidens.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs Major came around the corner, he attacked me unprovoked, tearing the wool overcoat I was wearing that evening,\u201d the agent wrote. \u201cThis attack occurred through no fault of my own and I could not avoid this unusual circumstance due to the nature and requirements of my position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Secret Service agent chastised the report for embellished details.\u00a0\u201cPlease submit with the language that has been approved by [the legal office]. Unless you dispute anything in the verbiage that was presented to you, there shouldn\u2019t be a need to embellish with additional details that aren\u2019t required for approval,\u201d said the unidentified agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you would like to submit a separate memo to- memorializing the events of 3\/6 in great detail, you certainly may.<br \/>But your added language on the [form] provides more specificity than what [the legal office] requested. I have been told that if you update the [request] with the approved verbiage, your request will be processed,\u201d the agent continued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In another email, the agent called the account\u00a0\u201cexcessively detailed and inappropriate\u201d and states that \u201cI was asked to have him submit with the language that has already been approved by [the legal office]. Not sure if he will or not. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s about the money anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, the agent withdrew the reimbursement request, arguing that the Biden family should pay out-of-pocket instead of the U.S. taxpayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter some deep thought and reflection, I don\u2019t believe the USSS should be responsible for the damage to my coat as the cause was not under their control. To be compensated in this manner would essentially have the cost borne by the taxpayer and this would be unjust,\u201d the agent wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe responsibility should lie with the party responsible for the wrongdoing (i.e. tort), and that, of course, would be the dog owner\/s,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The report did not specify if the Biden family reimbursed the agent as neither Jen Psaki nor the Secret Service responded to inquiries from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/13\/secret-service-agents-outraged-by-white-house-spin-over-first-dog-bites-report\/\"><em>New York Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese documents show Major was a dangerous dog and the Biden White House lied about it, placing Secret Service and other White House personnel at needless risk,\u201d said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it seems the Secret Service management seemed more concerned about managing press relations than taking care of its agents. In fact, the agency is still withholding information about this mess!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dog Major\u2019s whereabouts remain unknown. Last year, the Biden family acquired a German shepherd puppy after the death of dog Champ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently unearthed documents show that secret service agents were outraged last year when the White House attempted to spin a story about an attack by then-first dog Major. 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