WASHINGTON — President Biden’s two-year-old German shepherd dog bit a White House staffer on camera last month, his 12th documented act of aggression in the past year — further undermining the administration’s anonymous spin that the first dog only bit Secret Service personnel.
A tourist took a photo of the Commander sinking his teeth into the arm of White House groundskeeper Dale Haney, 71, on September 13.
DailyMail.com published the image on Wednesday and reported that Haney, who has been photographed in past Commander walks, was playing with the dog when the animal turned on him.
The commander also bit a Secret Service agent on September 25, CNN reported last week.
An anonymous White House staffer told Politico Monday that the Commander was “always so friendly” and that they had “never seen him like that” around non-security staff.
President Biden’s dog handler was caught on camera biting the arm of White House groundskeeper Dale Haney on September 13. Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
A former Biden aide blamed the biting incident on “a big guy with a gun acting suspiciously hostile.”
The Post exclusively revealed in July that Commander had bitten seven Secret Service employees and exposed three others between October 2022 and January of this year.
In the most serious incident, a uniformed officer was referred by the White House medical team to a local hospital for evaluation last November after suffering wounds to their arms and thighs, according to emails released under the Freedom of Information Act to the watchdog group Judicial Watch.
Haney walking Commander in the White House in December 2022. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment Wednesday on the new photo.
“I will refer you to the Secret Service and also the office of the first lady,” Jean-Pierre said at his regular briefing.
A spokeswoman for first lady Jill Biden did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment, but told the Daily Mail, “The First Family continues to work to help the Commander handle the often unpredictable nature of the White House grounds.”
Haney was reportedly playing with a German shepherd when it turned on him. Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks The commander bit seven Secret Service employees between October 2022 and January of this year. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
There may be many additional bite incidents that have yet to be reported because those documented in the internal emails span the dog’s short time in the White House — leaving behind his initial nine months and his most recent eight months.
The records also do not document possible incidents affecting non-Secret Service employees.
Judicial Watch is seeking additional internal Secret Service communications.
Biden runs for Commander in December 2021. Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
Biden parted ways with his former dog Major during his first year in office after the German shepherd repeatedly attacked Secret Service employees and at least one White House visitor.
The White House said that Major was sent to stay with a family friend.
The White House does not proactively disclose bite incidents involving any dogs.
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