Four demoted at Secret Service in wake of scandals

The Secret Service’s interim director has demoted four of the agency’s senior executives as part of a management shake-up after a series of scandals, the agency said Wednesday.

According to the New York Times, the demotions were made because of a recent Department of Homeland Security report outling the service's shortcomings.

The reassignments come a little more than three months after the Secret Service’s director, Julia Pierson, resigned amid criticism of the agency after a man with a knife climbed the White House fence, ran through the North Portico doors and into the East Room before he was tackled by agency officers.

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