• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      It’s basically government security for the president and vice president as well as all former ones because we have a long history of shooting our presidents. They also investigate counterfeiting which was their original job, they just happened to be formed shortly before the first successful presidential assassination

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      3 months ago

      The secret service exists to prevent counterfeiting US money, as a side job they also protect a few people in government.