Secret Service agent assigned to Harris removed after 'distressing' physical altercation with colleagues

26 April 2024

With the United States' 2024 presidential election only half a year away, Vice President Kamala Harris has been busy making a case for reelecting President Joe Biden.

Harris, as vice president, requires an extensive Secret Service detail — and on Monday morning, April 22, a member of that detail was, according to the conservative Washington Examiner, removed for behavior that colleagues "found distressing."

The incident, first reported by the Examiner and later reported by CNN's Michael Williams, occurred at Joint Base Andrews in Washington, D.C. when Harris was getting ready to visit Wisconsin.

U.S. Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi, in an official statement, said, "At approximately 9 a.m. April 22, a U.S. Secret Service special agent supporting the Vice President's departure from Joint Base Andrews began displaying behavior their colleagues found distressing. The agent was removed from their assignment while medical personnel were summoned. The Vice President was at the Naval Observatory when this incident occurred and there was no impact on her departure from Joint Base Andrews. The U.S. Secret Service takes the safety and health of our employees very seriously. As this was a medical matter, we will not disclose any further details."

According to the Examiner's Tom Rogan, the agent reportedly "became aggressive with other agents."

Rogan reports, "When the special agent in charge and a detail shift supervisor attempted to calm the agent, a physical altercation ensued. The agent was handcuffed before being withdrawn from service for medical assessment. Harris was scheduled to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base after the incident."

The Examiner reporter notes that in the U.S. Secret Service, the Vice Presidential Protective Division (VPD) is "widely regarded…. as the second most prestigious assignment after the Presidential Protective Division."

Rogan explains, "Because of the continuity of government protocols, VPD agents are party to exceptionally sensitive planning on responses to nuclear war and catastrophic terrorist attacks or environmental disasters. Agents must serve in field offices for a minimum of three years and receive excellent performance reports before going to VPD. They must also then pass the intensive Protective Detail Training course at the Secret Service's James J. Rowley training facility in the DC suburbs."

Read the Washington Examiner's full report at this link.

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