“At roughly 9 a.m. April 22, a U.S. Secret Service particular agent supporting the Vice President’s departure from Joint Base Andrews started displaying conduct their colleagues discovered distressing,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi mentioned in a press release. “The agent was faraway from their project whereas medical personnel had been summoned.”
The assertion didn’t handle media studies that the agent acquired right into a struggle with different brokers and needed to be handcuffed earlier than being taken in for a medical evaluation. The Washington Examiner first reported on the altercation.
Harris departed Joint Base Andrews in a while Monday for Wisconsin with out incident.
“The Vice President was on the Naval Observatory when this incident occurred and there was no impression on her departure from Joint Base Andrews,” Guglielmi mentioned. “The U.S. Secret Service takes the protection and well being of our staff very critically. As this was a medical matter, we won’t disclose any additional particulars.”
A White Home official declined to remark.
