The nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington published a report Tuesday detailing how 881 Secret Service employees had actually checked favorable in between March 1, 2020, and March 9, 2021. The data, which originated from a Freedom of Information Act request to the Secret Service, found 477 members of the Special Agent department had been infected. Explained by the Department of Homeland Security as “the elite agents you see safeguarding the President and Vice President,” Special Agents are likewise accountable for a number of safety assignments overseas and in the United States, such as protecting the president and vice presidents households, checking out foreign leaders and presidential prospects.