First a Major, now a Commander
Joe Biden’s German shepherd dog, Commander, bit or attacked Secret Service officers at least 10 times between October 2022 and January, according to records from the department of homeland security obtained by a conservative watchdog group.
The emails released today by Judicial Watch, which it said were obtained following a Freedom of Information Act request lawsuit, show nearly 200 pages of Secret Service records. The group said it filed the request after receiving a tip about Commander’s behavior.
On 3 November 2022, a Secret Service official emailed colleagues to say that Commander had bitten a uniformed officer twice – on the upper right arm and thigh – and that the officer had to use a steel cart to protect himself from another attack. Staff from the White House medical unit treated the officer and decided to have him taken to a hospital, the emails say.
Commander has been “exhibiting extremely aggressive behavior”, a uniform division officer wrote in an email. It continues:
The note adds:
Commander is the second dog of Biden’s to behave aggressively, including biting Secret Service officers and White House staff, AP
reported. The first, a German shepherd named Major, was sent to live with friends in Delaware after those incidents.
President Joe Biden and US first lady Jill Biden with Commander on 25 December 2021. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images