Secret Service destroys film of Commander attacking agents in White House

The Secret Service has destroyed a video showing the Biden family dog, Commander, attacking an agent in the White House.

According to an email sent to the Daily Mail Through a Freedom of Information Act request, Commander was observed running at high speed toward a Secret Service agent in the Kennedy Garden in the East Wing and biting him so hard that he required stitches. The agent bled profusely, forcing the White House to halt its patrols to clean the bite.

“Tours of the East Wing were suspended for approximately 20 minutes due to blood from the incident on the floor in the bookstore area,” the message said.

FOIA officer Kevin Tyrrell told the news agency that the file was destroyed as part of standard Secret Service procedure.

“Due to Secret Service retention standards, the above files were destroyed,” he said.

The attack was the worst of about two dozen between October 2022 and July 2023 and ultimately led to Commander being expelled from the White House.

Shortly before the attack, a Secret Service official warned others that Commander was being “let off the leash.”

“Just for situational awareness. It looks like we are letting the dog off the leash again so he can roam freely around the property,” the person wrote. “This evening we had the team out on the street for the evening sweep when (redacted) brought the dog out. The dog ran directly south and jumped back and forth between us techs.”

“Although no one has been bitten, it is only a matter of time before it happens,” the official added.

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In a February statement to the Washington Examiner, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Commander’s attacks were being treated as workplace accidents.

“The U.S. Secret Service takes the safety and well-being of our employees extremely seriously and has spent many presidential terms considering how to best operate in an environment where family pets are present,” Guglielmi wrote in a statement at the time. “The incidents involving Commander were treated as workplace accidents and the events were documented in accordance with Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security policies. Although Secret Service personnel do not handle or care for the First Family’s pets, we work continuously with all appropriate agencies to minimize any negative impacts from family pets.”