The changes in Secret Service personnel were described by the Post based on two anonymous sources, who were apparently unforthcoming about what could happen to agents “politically aligned with President Trump” under Biden. The only such person identified by name is Anthony Ornato, who left the Secret Service a year ago to become deputy chief of staff for operations of the White House.
According to the Post, Ornato came into focus because he helped the Trump administration organize the infamous Bible photo op following protests in Lafayette Square and coordinated multiple Trump rallies. After his departure from the White House, he is to rejoin the Secret Service as an assistant director overseeing the agency’s Rowley Training Center, a “prestigious” position “outside of the president’s immediate protection team,” as the newspaper described it.