Despite Skyrocketing Budget, Secret Service Can’t Seem To Find The Money To Protect The President
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The U.S. Secret Service’s budget has increased by nearly $1 billion since 2014, but only $200 million of that has gone to protective operations, according to the agency’s budget.
Theagency,whichissettogetanadditional$231millioninfundingfromSpeakerMikeJohnson’sgovernmentfundingbill,appearstohavefunneledmoreresourcesintoadministrativepersonnelthanintoprotectiveoperations,accordingtobudgetdocuments.
Theagency’stotalapprovedbudgetforthefiscalyear2024isjustunder$2.8billion,accordingtoaDepartmentofHomelandSecurity(DHS)budgetdocument.Approximately$1.15billionofthatwasallocatedfor“ProtectiveOperations.”
That’supfroma$1.8billiontotalbudgetin2014,accordingtoNBCNews.Ofthat$1.8billion,$924millionwentto“Protection,”accordingtoa2014DHSbudget.
Therelativelysmallincreaseinprotectionfunds—lessthan$200million—isdwarfedbythetotalbudgetincrease,muchofwhichhasgonetolineitemslikeProfessionalDevelopment, ProfessionalTra
