Secret Service agents protecting Hunter Biden at his Malibu mansion spent more than $4.5 million in taxpayer funds in one year while maintaining 24-hour surveillance, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. .
More than $2.8 million in transactions were recorded on a government credit card and $1.12 million was spent on a variety of expenses, including hotel rooms, between 2021 and 2022, according to newly obtained records.
DailyMail.com obtained the list of financial transactions through a Freedom of Information Act request.
It showed $632,071 was spent on rental cars used by agents surveilling the president’s scandal-plagued son while he stayed at a property costing $20,000 a month.
Secret Service agents protecting Hunter Biden at his Malibu mansion spent more than $4.5 million in taxpayer funds in one year while maintaining 24-hour surveillance, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. . The president’s son is seen with a member of his detail in 2023
At the time, the presidential bodyguards were spending $30,000 a month to rent a property next to Hunter’s, where he lived with his wife Melissa Cohen and son Beau.
The Spanish-style villa with ocean views had six bedrooms, a pool, tasting room, gym, spa, built-in barbecue and a “castle-like tower.” It was valued at 6 million dollars.
It took two years for the Secret Service to submit the records to Dailymail.com. In that time, Hunter’s legal troubles have dominated the headlines.
He faces a federal tax indictment, and a judge on Friday dismissed an attempt to dismiss charges that he lied about his drug addiction when he bought a gun, a saga in which the Secret Service was involved.
The records cover a 16-month period between February 2021 and June 2022.
The total spent during that period was $4,596,747, which does not include the salaries of the agents, which are also paid by taxpayers.
The presidential bodyguards were spending $30,000 a month to rent a property next to Hunter’s, where he lived with his wife Melissa Cohen and son Beau.
Secret Service House: The Spanish-style villa with ocean views had six bedrooms, a pool, tasting room, gym, spa, built-in barbecue, and a “castle-like tower.” It was valued at 6 million dollars.
Some receipts were included in the documents, including those for items, which were redacted, from Home Depot, Best Buy, Staples and Amazon.
There were two orders, one for $1,930 and another for $1,658.43, from a camera and video store in New York.
It was unclear why a store in New York was used when agents were protecting Hunter Biden on the West Coast.
One of the camera store orders claimed by agents was marked “exterior materials.”
Other expenses included $145 spent at Home Depot in Venice, California, and $40 at an Amazon Hub locker located at a Ross Dress For Less budget clothing store, also in Venice.
In August 2023, Hunter and his wife Cohen moved into a new home for $15,800 a month, as DailyMail.com exclusively reported at the time. The couple is pictured in July winning their son Beau.
Another claim was $132 for five hours of parking at Reagan National Airport, outside Washington, DC.
Also included in the tranche of documents is a receipt for a stay at the Marriott hotel in Marina del Rey, not far from Malibu, which cost $1,132.47.
It is unclear how many officers remained there or for how long.
The spending records begin a month after Hunter’s father, Joe Biden, became president, when members of the first family would have received a full security detail.
A property listing for the Secret Service pad where the spending occurred describes “picturesque gardens,” a “sunken living room that arches around a massive fireplace” and “hand-carved doors, artisanal tiles, [and] Antique style bar inlaid with stained glass.
A property listing for the Secret Service pad where the spending occurred describes “picturesque gardens,” a “sunken living room that arches around a massive fireplace.”
The real estate agent described it as “A magical Mediterranean resort style home with ocean views.”
It was originally built in 1958 for actress Linda Lavin, star of the 1970s sitcom Alice.
“With many outstanding performances, Linda Lavin made this home a perfect reflection of her talents,” said the gushing real estate agent.
Records end in June 2022, meaning a similar amount could have been spent in the 18 months since then.
When asked about the records, a Secret Service spokesperson said the agency does not go into detail about expenses and operating procedures.
“The primary mission of the US Secret Service is to safeguard the continuity of the US government,” the spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
‘We do this by employing an advanced protection methodology that includes the use of sophisticated technology and highly trained special agents and mission support teams to be with our protectees and their families.
The doors of the Malibu home where Hunter’s Secret Service detail lived while protecting him between 2021 and 2022.
‘For operational security reasons, the Secret Service does not discuss the specific means, methods, resources, or costs used to carry out these protective responsibilities.
In August 2023, Hunter and his wife Cohen moved into a new home for $15,800 a month, as DailyMail.com exclusively reported at the time.
His Secret Service detail had to follow him and take up residence in a $16,000-a-month house across the street with an ocean view and a hot tub.
Secret Service agents previously had their work cut out for them providing protection to President Joe Biden’s wayward son.
Text messages from Hunter’s laptop in 2018 show that a recently retired senior USSS officer nearly broke down the door to Hunter’s hotel room to check on him after he failed to leave, following a binge. of drugs and alcohol for several days with prostitutes.
And the same year that Hunter’s sister-in-law and former lover, Hallie Biden, threw her gun in a supermarket trash can in Wilmington, Delaware, Secret Service agents reportedly intervened in the ensuing police investigation.
Biden’s family is not the first to have left taxpayers with huge bills to protect their families.
USSS requested an extra $60 million to pay for protection for Donald Trump and his family in the first year of his presidency according to agency documents obtained by the Washington Post.
Trump was criticized for charging the agency to house agents protecting him and his family at Trump hotels and properties around the world, including $650 a night for a room at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and $17,000 a month for a cabin in Trump. Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey.
President Biden also rented his Delaware cabin to agents for $2,200 a month while they protected him, federal records show.
An Obama family trip to Martha’s Vineyard in 2016 cost the Secret Service $2.7 million, including $2.5 million in hotels and $90,000 in rental cars.