10 rumors involving the Secret Service we've unraveled

The U.S. Secret Service — an elusive yet constant presidential security presence often standing just outside the focus of the mainstream news cycle — takes the spotlight in this collection of 10 stories. Employing approximately 3,200 special agents and thousands more officers, technical personnel, and so on, the Secret Service was originally established by then-President Abraham Lincoln as a Treasury Department bureau responsible for rooting out widespread counterfeiting that threatened to destabilize the post-Civil War economy. It wasn't until the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901 that the Secret Service was also tasked with ensuring the president's safety. Read below for more articles related to the U.S. Secret Service. Sources Christensen, Laerke. 'Did Trump's Kindness "ruin" Secret Service Agent? Don't Fall for Tall Tale'. Snopes, 22 Sept. 2026, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/secret-service-kindness-trump/.Liles, Jordan. 'Do Videos Show Secret Service Agent Smelling Trump's Diaper at Lindsey Graham's Funeral? There's No Proof'. Snopes, 2 Aug. 2026, https://www.snopes.com//news/2026/08/02/trump-diaper-lindsey-graham-funeral/.New item…U.S. Secret Service Articles | Snopes.Com. https://www.snopes.com/tag/secret-service/. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026. By Taija PerryCook Taija PerryCook is a Seattle-based journalist who previously worked for the PNW news site Crosscut and the Jordan Times in Amman. Article Tags