Yesterday we told you how Jill Biden’s Secret Service detail had been infiltrated by two men posing as DHS agents, who gave lavish gifts to several members of the Secret Service.
Today we find out that a Secret Service agent on Joe Biden’s detail was also compromised by the fake DHS agents, as well as another who is assigned to the residence of the Vice President. All in all there are four agents who were compromised.
Here’s more from RCP:
More details are emerging about the four Secret Service employees entangled in an alleged bribery scheme carried out by two men accused of masquerading as Department of Homeland Security law enforcement agents.
An affidavit filed Wednesday night in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. revealed that one of the Secret Service agents involved in the bribery scheme was a special agent assigned to First Lady Jill Biden’s protective detail. Another was a Uniformed Division officer at the White House.
RealClearPolitics has learned that another Secret Service special agent involved in the alleged bribery is assigned to President Biden’s detail, those agents who accompany the president nearly everywhere he goes and stand by his side during the most sensitive of discussions and private moments. A second Uniformed Division officer caught up in the bizarre scheme was assigned to protect Vice President Harris’s residence, according to sources familiar with the matter.
All four have been placed on administrative leave while an investigation takes place. RCP is not releasing their names because of privacy concerns. Usually, the Inspection Division and the Office of Professional Responsibility handle investigations into possible employee misconduct. U.S. Secret Service leaders decided that the bizarre and serious nature of the allegations requires a more specialized approach.
The agency’s “Insider Threat Division” is leading the investigation into whether the employees allowed themselves to be bribed, whether they knowingly took part in the possible scheme, and whether espionage was involved.
Whether the four members of the Secret Service placed on administrative leave are being held by law enforcement while the investigation proceeds is unknown. A Secret Service spokesperson did not immediately respond to RCP’s inquiry.
The men posing as DHS agents were American citizens, however they held passports with visas to Iran and Pakistan:
One of the men impersonating DHS agents allegedly told witnesses in the case that he had connections to ISI, the Pakistani intelligence agency, a prosecutor said during a court hearing Thursday. Both U.S. citizens accused of the bribery hold passports with visas to Iran and Pakistan. They were allegedly impersonating DHS officials and attempted to bribe four members of the elite force that protects the president, vice president, and their families.
It is shocking to learn that these fake DHS agents had strategically compromised secret service agents who accompany the president, vice president and first lady. They were clearly planning something bad and I’m just glad that they didn’t get a chance to go through with it. At least for all we know.
And to think the only reason these two posers got caught was because of happenstance. This should shake the entire Secret Service agency to the core.