July 25th 2023.
President Joe Biden's beloved German shepherd, Commander, has been a source of concern over the last four months. According to records obtained by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, Commander has attacked or bitten Secret Service agents at least 10 times between October 2022 and January 2023.
The most severe attack occurred on November 3, 2022, when Commander bit an officer at a post twice, once in the upper right arm and once in the thigh. The officer was treated by White House medical and then transported to a hospital.
The next day, an email chain discussed the attack, and a Uniformed Division officer expressed their disbelief, writing, "That's freaking crazy that stupid dog - rolling my eyes. Hope you get to feeling better."
Commander's aggressive behavior was well-documented in the records. On December 11, 2022, President Biden let Commander off-leash outside the White House, and the dog attacked an agent, leaving him with a bite to the left forearm and a cut to the right hand.
On December 16, 2022, an agent wrote that they were walking across the complex and the dog bit their left arm, resulting in a superficial laceration, contusion, soreness, and bruising.
On December 24, 2022, an officer wrote in an email that Commander had bitten their left forearm, but luckily they were wearing multiple layers of clothing so it didn't leave any marks.
On October 5, 2022, Commander jumped and bit an officer-tech in the arm/wrist area, while on October 3, 2022, the dog inflicted a friendly soft bite on a special agent that did not break through the skin.
In an October 26, 2022, email, a Uniformed Division officer wrote that Commander had been exhibiting extremely aggressive behavior and had charged at them.
A Secret Service memo on November 10, 2022, stated that First Lady Jill Biden was walking Commander in the Kennedy Garden when he bit a Secret Service officer on the left thigh, and a January 2, 2023 email chain revealed that Commander had squeezed his way through a door at the Bidens' Wilmington lake house and bit the lower right side of the back of a technical security investigator.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton expressed shock at the records, stating, "These shocking records raise fundamental questions about President Biden and the Secret Service." He went on to say, "This is a special sort of craziness and corruption where a president would allow his dog to repeatedly attack and bite Secret Service and White House personnel."
First Lady Jill Biden's communications director Elizabeth Alexander said that the White House complex is a "unique and often stressful environment" for family pets and that the Bidens are "working through ways to make this situation better for everyone".
It's important to note that the records obtained by Judicial Watch do not include any possible recent attacks from Commander. Additionally, the Bidens had another German shepherd, Champ, that died aged 13 in June 2021, and in January 2022, they welcomed a cat, Willow, to the White House. There have not been any reports of Willow attacking Secret Service staff.
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