Watch: Secret Service officers suspended after altercation at Obama home
Former President Barack Obama at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 20, 2024 (Peter Serocki/Shutterstock.com)
The U.S. Secret Service operates under a strict code of conduct. But according to reporting from the Daily Beast and NBC News, that code was allegedly violated when two Secret Service officers got into an altercation outside the Washington, DC-area home of former President Barack Obama on May 21.
The Beast's Cameron Adams reports, "The Secret Service have labeled the incident 'unacceptable,' and it's now the subject of an internal investigation. Video and audio files posted to X on Tuesday, (May 27), document the two female federal officers punching and shoving each other. One of the women is recorded saying, 'I need a supervisor out here…. immediately before I whoop this girl's ass' into her service radio."
Obama left the White House in January 2017. But as a former president, he enjoys permanent Secret Service protection.
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The Secret Service confirmed the authenticity of the video that was posted on X, formerly Twitter, to NBC News as well as to the Daily Beast.
Adams quotes the Secret Service as saying, "The U.S. Secret Service is aware of an on-duty altercation that occurred between two Uniformed Division officers at approximately 2:30 a.m. on May 21. The individuals involved were suspended from duty and this matter is the subject of an internal investigation. The Secret Service has a very strict code of conduct for all employees, and any behavior that violates that code is unacceptable. Given this is a personnel matter, we are not in a position to comment further."
NBC News contacted Obama's family about the incident, but they declined to comment. And according to Adams, the Daily Beast did not received an immediately response when they contacted the Obamas.
On NBC News, reporter Vaughn Hillyard noted the Secret Service has "come under great scrutiny"
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