• DelnitaCrane@kbin.social
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    The Secret Service was originally created to investigate counterfeiting currency, they only started Presidential protection after McKinley was assassinated. Combating financial fraud remains part of their mission today.

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      TIL.

      I actually thought this must have been a “typo” in the article.