US official backs Secret Service agents

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 22, 2024 12:06 am

(UPDATE) WASHINGTON — The chief of the US Department of Homeland Security on Saturday responded to criticisms against the women Secret Service agents who threw themselves into the line of fire to protect former President Donald Trump from a would-be assassin.

'These assertions are baseless and insulting,' Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement after some on the US political right accused the Secret Service of 'woke' hiring practices they say nearly had the former president killed.

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