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Book claims Trump family members were 'inappropriately' close with Secret Service agents
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Book claims Trump family members were 'inappropriately' close with Secret Service agents
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/552915-book-claims-trump-family-members-were-inappropriately-close
By Mychael Schnell - 05/11/21 02:58 PM EDT
Two members of former President Trumps family were inappropriately and perhaps dangerously close to Secret Service agents assigned to their detail while Trump was in office, according to a new book.
The claims, which involve Vanessa Trump, the now ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., and Tiffany Trump, the former presidents youngest daughter, come from Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig's "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service," which is set to publish next week and a copy of which was obtained by The Guardian.
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According to Leonnig, as cited by The Guardian, the agent involved in the relationship did not face disciplinary action because neither he nor the Secret Service were official protectors of Vanessa Trump at that point.
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Agents are forbidden from having personal relationships with people they are assigned to protect, The Guardian noted.
Tiffany Trump and the agent both reportedly said nothing untoward was occurring, pointing out that agents have to spend time alone with their charges as part of the job.
Nonetheless, the agent was reportedly reassigned........................
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Book claims Trump family members were 'inappropriately' close with Secret Service agents (Original Post)
riversedge
May 2021
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Best_man23
(4,898 posts)1. Too early for this story
Need more coffee
HipChick
(25,485 posts)2. Pillowtalk must have been interesting...
wonder which ex-secret service agent will come out with tell all book...
dsc
(52,162 posts)3. Is there nothing these people haven't ruined?
I will say, I knew they would be bad. I had really no good expectations going in, but the degree to which they were so much worse than I thought they would be is totally mindblowing.