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Who was the Secret Service driver of Mike Pence's limo 1/6? (Original Post) FarPoint Jun 2022 OP
I read that it was Engel broiles Jun 2022 #1
Engle was the driver of the SUV FarPoint Jun 2022 #3
Pence DL was Tim Giebils. (Last name spelled wrong) bottomofthehill Jun 2022 #2
"Tim Giebels, in charge of Pence's security detail, was still concerned about his safety..." ultralite001 Jun 2022 #16
MSNBC reported it was Engel. Fiendish Thingy Jun 2022 #4
Ohhhh good.... FarPoint Jun 2022 #5
"Honorable"? Not since trump tainted them SharonClark Jun 2022 #6
Breaks my heart... FarPoint Jun 2022 #10
'Honorable' ?, anecdotally, my wife knew fairly well, 2 wives of SS personnel empedocles Jun 2022 #12
My husband's former college roommate and fraternity brother phylny Jun 2022 #18
Ohhhh boy... FarPoint Jun 2022 #9
Bobby Engel obamanut2012 Jun 2022 #7
They need to clean house at the Secret Service. kentuck Jun 2022 #8
The J-6 Committee FarPoint Jun 2022 #11
The driver of Pence's limo on the 6th hasn't been named... Spazito Jun 2022 #13
I believe she did in her book. hlthe2b Jun 2022 #14
I can't find anywhere she identified him as the driver of Pence's limo on the 6th... Spazito Jun 2022 #15
if memory serves Biden shook up gibraltar72 Jun 2022 #17

bottomofthehill

(8,261 posts)
2. Pence DL was Tim Giebils. (Last name spelled wrong)
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:02 PM
Jun 2022

The drivers name has not been mentioned to my knowledge

ultralite001

(891 posts)
16. "Tim Giebels, in charge of Pence's security detail, was still concerned about his safety..."
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 02:24 PM
Jun 2022

[link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-capitol-insurrection-secret-service-certify-vote_n_60f23b69e4b0a771e80437da|]

...according to the book “I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year,” by Washington Post reporters Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,369 posts)
4. MSNBC reported it was Engel.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:03 PM
Jun 2022

Maddow interview w/Carol Loenig.

The confusing thing is, Engel was Trump’s security detail lead, and was in the suburban when Trump threw his tantrum.
So, if Leonig’s report is true, after Trump returned to WH, Engel went to Capitol to “rescue” Pence?

FarPoint

(12,209 posts)
5. Ohhhh good....
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:06 PM
Jun 2022

I smell something rotten with this one then....He apparently was told by someone in the mix to not go to the Capitol because a zillion charges would be filed on tRump.

He was in on it then... ....Shaming the honorable reputation of the Secret Service.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
12. 'Honorable' ?, anecdotally, my wife knew fairly well, 2 wives of SS personnel
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:25 PM
Jun 2022

Public image aside - was said to be a 'mixed bag'.

phylny

(8,353 posts)
18. My husband's former college roommate and fraternity brother
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:27 PM
Jun 2022

was in the Secret Service, led it for a time, and once when we were at his house for a party, I said, "Carl, am I the only Democrat here?" He replied, "Probably."

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
8. They need to clean house at the Secret Service.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:11 PM
Jun 2022

They have allowed themselves to become politicized and corrupted.

FarPoint

(12,209 posts)
11. The J-6 Committee
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:24 PM
Jun 2022

They appear to already figured this out ..We got a clue/ bone of what is coming up next .

Spazito

(49,764 posts)
13. The driver of Pence's limo on the 6th hasn't been named...
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:41 PM
Jun 2022

some have said it was Engel but he was the head of Trump's security detail, the lead agent, he was in the suburban on Jan 6th and then he was back at the White House after the altercation. Cassidy Hutchinson testified he was in the room along with Ornato once Trump was back at the White House.

Carol Leonnig didn't say Engel was the driver of Pence's limo, her discussion on June 27th was about the altercation not about Pence.

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
14. I believe she did in her book.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 02:00 PM
Jun 2022

She relates the scene between Pence, his detail agent (Tim) and his trust in Tim, but not the guy driving. I don't have the book in front of me, but I'm under the impression that Carol Leonig does name the driver that Pence does not trust as Engel.

Spazito

(49,764 posts)
15. I can't find anywhere she identified him as the driver of Pence's limo on the 6th...
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 02:20 PM
Jun 2022

searches on that come up empty so far.

Edited to add link to Leonnig discussing the Pence incident in detail and she doesn't mention Engel at all, she mentions others but not him.


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