More to the point, the SS is a division of the Treasury Department, which is a cabinet agency under the Executive (Presidential) branch. So yes, the SS comes under the purview of the President.
The SS role of safeguarding our currency is only part of their role under Treasury; their other, and unrelated, role is that of protection details for the President and other people in our government.
Special Agents of the USSS are federal law enforcement officers and have arrest powers throughout the United States and are authorized to carry their weapons across state lines.
Do you think once indictments are handed down they can/would arrest those they are protecting? Example .. could/would Obama’s SS arrest him if he’s indicted by the current administration?
Yes. The SS has a division responsible for enforcing counterfeit currency, and they arrest people like other federal officers do.
More to the point, the SS is a division of the Treasury Department, which is a cabinet agency under the Executive (Presidential) branch. So yes, the SS comes under the purview of the President.
The SS role of safeguarding our currency is only part of their role under Treasury; their other, and unrelated, role is that of protection details for the President and other people in our government.
Special Agents of the USSS are federal law enforcement officers and have arrest powers throughout the United States and are authorized to carry their weapons across state lines.
Do you think once indictments are handed down they can/would arrest those they are protecting? Example .. could/would Obama’s SS arrest him if he’s indicted by the current administration?