3 Secret Service officials placed on leave amid misconduct investigation
The officials lost security clearances and work devices as the Office of Professional Responsibility reviews suspected leaks to the media.
- On Tuesday, the Secret Service placed three officials on administrative leave amid an Office of Professional Responsibility investigation into suspected classified leaks to the media.
- Journalist Susan Crabtree reported the FBI and CIA are involved in the criminal inquiry, with the suspended personnel designated as "do not admits" as part of the investigation.
- CNN identified one suspended official as communications chief Anthony Guglielmi, while all three officials lost their security clearances and the other two worked in communications.
- It remains unclear if the leaks pertain to controversy over President Trump's secret evacuation from Turkey due to intelligence about a surface-to-air missile threat to Air Force One from Iran, Crabtree noted.
- Federal enforcement efforts have increasingly targeted unauthorized disclosures, including The DOJ's subpoenas of New York Times journalists and digital device seizures from Max Blumenthal, plus a previous Secret Service inquiry regarding Vice President Vance.
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Three Secret Service officials placed on leave in explosive misconduct investigation
Three senior Secret Service officials, including the agency’s top spokesman, have been removed from their posts and placed on leave in a rapidly escalating internal misconduct investigation that reaches into the highest levels of the agency’s communications apparatus. According to a report from the Daily Mail, Communications Director Anthony Guglielmi and two other officials from […]
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Baek Na-ri = Three employees of the U.S. Secret Service (SS), responsible for the security of the President and other key figures, have been suspended from duty due to allegations of misconduct...
MichaelSavage.com – Three Secret Service Officials — Including Communications Chief — Escorted Out and Stripped of Security Clearances Amid Reported Criminal Leak Probe — FBI and CIA Reportedly Involved
Three Secret Service officials were reportedly escorted out of their offices on Monday and designated “do not admits” as part of a criminal investigation into the leaking of classified information to the media. RealClearPolitics reporter Susan Crabtree broke the news Tuesday, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Crabtree reported: “Three Secret Service officials/agents were…
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