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I was a supervisor for the Secret Service. It has huge problems with the people it hires

A self-inflicted gunshot wound and a trainee's spying arrest highlight a woke DEI hiring crisis at the agency

By Richard Staropoli Fox News

Published April 16, 2026 9:00am EDT

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The Secret Service doesn’t have a recruiting problem, it has a hiring problem — how woke, DEI hiring practices have destroyed the world’s most enigmatic and foremost protective agency.

Again, the U.S. Secret Service finds itself in the news and again, it’s another issue involving one of its employees. Embarrassing, yes, but the bigger problem is that when it involves the Secret Service there is a thin line between embarrassing and someone actually getting killed.

On March 27, it was reported that a Secret Service Agent assigned to the former First Lady "Dr." Jill Biden detail claimed that his weapon had fallen out of its holster and discharged itself. The agent reportedly shot himself in the leg and was hospitalized.

Even more remarkable is how little coverage this incident received — partly due to the ever-changing news cycle, partly due to the media and the public becoming less surprised by the downward spiral that the Service has been mired in. One of the most-storied and enigmatic, if not the premier protective agency in the world, is unraveling before the eyes of the public and no one seems to care.

SECRET SERVICE AGENT ASSIGNED TO JILL BIDEN INJURED IN 'NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE' AT PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT

Members of the Police and U.S. Secret Service prepare for the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks prior to a game between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 11, 2025, in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Elsa/Getty Images)

As quickly as this story vanished, it was replaced with one involving yet another Service employee. On April 8, court documents surfaced indicating that a........

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