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Robert McGreevy (Daily Caller)
A female Secret Service agent abandoned her post to breastfeed a child right before former President Trump’s North Carolina rally Wednesday, Real Clear Politics’ Susan Crabtree reported.
The site agent, in charge of security for the entire event, found her breastfeeding her child in a room that was supposed to be set aside for Secret Service “official work,” five minutes before Trump’s motorcade arrived, according to Crabtree.
🚨🚨EXCLUSIVE and BREAKING: During a Donald Trump visit to North Carolina yesterday, a woman Secret Service special agent abandoned her post to breastfeed with no permission/warning to the event site agent, according to three sources in the Secret Service community.
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— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) August 15, 2024
The woman, who came from the Atlanta Field Office, was in the room with two other family members, Crabtree reported.
She and her family reportedly bypassed the Uniformed Division checkpoint and were escorted by a staff member, who was not cleared to be there, to the room, according to Crabtree.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told Crabtree the incident did not affect the event. (RELATED: Secret Service Reportedly Apologizes To Salon Owner After Duct-Taping Cameras, Breaking In, During Kamala Harris Event)
“All employees of the U.S. Secret Service are held to the highest standards,” he said. “While there was no impact to the North Carolina event, the specifics of this incident are being examined. Given this is a personnel matter, we are not in a position to comment further,” Guglielmi told Crabtree.
The incident occurred a little over a month after a would-be assassin shot Trump in the ear during a Butler, Pennsylvania rally on July 13.
In the wake of the incident, critics have scolded the Secret Service for their unpreparedness. Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned her post after succumbing to outside pressure July 23.
