the treasury department and counterfeiting. it is now under the purview of the department of homeland security, which makes it, officially, part of the national security apparatus in the united states. and, of course, being a secret service agent, being close to a protector he, as they are called, you also formed personal bonds with the protectees, or you might from the opposite, he may come to hate the people you protect. but, they all come from spending every waking moment in close proximity. it is a strange, and intimate, relationship. donald trump, in particular, had a unique relationship with a secret service. particularly his detail. one of his closest aides, a man named antonin ornato, we talked about a bit, figures, quite prominently, and january 6th. he was serving as deputy white house chief of staff for operations on january 6th, but was also a secret service agent. as the washington post reports, quote, some of the secret service came under criticism during trump's tenure, for appearing to embrace his political agenda. in fact, or notice appointment was a huge departure from precedent, to take someone who is in the secret service, and made them, essentially, political a