There’s a breaking report out right now that a Secret Service agent on the Kamala Harris detail actually fought his superior officer by knocking him down and punching him while armed this morning. The unnamed agent had to be restrained and had their gun taken away.
According to one report, there are DEI concerns with the hiring of this agent.
Here’s the news from a reporter with the Washington Examiner:
Scooplet- An armed U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris‘s protective detail fought unarmed with other detail agents on Monday morning. The incident occurred at Andrews AFB, shortly before Harris arrived. https://t.co/dVr2vp1ovn
— Tom Rogan (@TomRtweets) April 24, 2024
A Real Clear Politics reporter got a lot more on this:
“BREAKING: Sources within the Secret Service community tell me the agent assigned to VP Kamala Harris was armed during the fight – that the gun was secured in the agent’s holster until other agents physically restrained the agent and took the gun from the agent’s possession.
I’m also told there are DEI concerns among the USSS community about the hiring of this agent. Other agents and officers within the USSS are asking questions about the agent’s hiring process, whether the USSS did enough to look into the agent’s background and monitor the agent’s mental well-being because there have been widespread concerns about other strange behavior before this incident. For now, I am also withholding the agent’s name.”
BREAKING: Sources within the Secret Service community tell me the agent assigned to VP Kamala Harris was armed during the fight – that the gun was secured in the agent's holster until other agents physically restrained the agent and took the gun from the agent's possession.
I'm… https://t.co/kxLLOlFy4b— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) April 24, 2024
Crabtree also writes:
“Other details: Sources say the agent in question was acted erratically upon showing up for a traveling shift at Joint Base Andrews. The agent ended up tackling the Senior Agent in Charge of the VP detail, got on top of him and started punching him. At this point, I’m told, the agent who was attacking the SAIC did indeed have a gun, but it was in the holster. Other agents are expressing relief that the agent did not shoot the SAIC.”
This is what happens when you hire based on diversity, equity and inclusion. Instead of getting for the best you end up with garbage like this.