Secret Service Agent Under Investigation For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Harris Staffer

The U.S. Secret Service confirmed Wednesday it’s holding an investigation after experiences emerged that an agent sexually assaulted a feminine member of Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign workforce.

Real Clear Politics was the primary to report on particulars of the alleged assault, citing 4 sources related to the company. Based on them, the incident occurred final week throughout preparation for a Wisconsin marketing campaign occasion when an agent allegedly pressured himself on a feminine staffer and groped her in entrance of witnesses.

When requested to deal with the report, Secret Service communications chief Anthony Guglielmi confirmed the company “is investigating a misconduct allegation involving an worker.”

“The Secret Service holds its personnel to the best requirements,” he continued. “The worker has been positioned on administrative go away pending the result of the investigation.”

The alleged occasion passed off within the staffer’s lodge room, the place she returned with the agent and different marketing campaign workers after the group drank and dined at a neighborhood restaurant. One supply told Actual Clear Politics that the accused agent was so drunk that his coworkers had kicked him out of his lodge room and he handed out within the hallway.

A spokesperson for the workplace of the vp mentioned it was conscious of the alleged incident and denounced the kind of conduct detailed within the report.

“We’ve got zero tolerance for sexual misconduct. Senior OVP officers had been alerted by the USSS about an incident involving an agent and knowledgeable that USSS initiated an investigation,” the workplace mentioned, including it might “not be releasing additional info.”

The alleged incident comes because the Secret Service is below immense scrutiny following two assassination makes an attempt on President Donald Trump. The capturing at a Trump rally in July ― which nicked his ear, killed one man and injured two others ― led to the company’s director, Kimberly Cheatle, to resign, saying she takes “full accountability for the safety lapse.”