An organization with a focus on government transparency and accountability announced today that it received 194 pages of records from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
These records reveal 10 attacks by President Joe Biden’s German Shepherd, Commander, on officers and agents of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) between October 2022 and January 2023. It's worth noting that these records do not include any possible recent events. In several cases, the agents required medical care, including at a hospital.
The organization obtained the release of these records through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed after the Secret Service, a component of Homeland Security, failed to respond adequately to a December 2022 request for “records related to incidents of aggression and bites involving the Biden family dog, ‘Commander.’” The request was made following a tip about the dog’s behavior.
Acquired in December 2021, Commander, a pure-bred German Shepherd, rep...