Exclusive: USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House

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23. I would assume two reasons

Security is likely to be former military/police and follow chain of command, and if that's the case, more likely to be Republican.

They are probably paid a lot less than the IG. It's hard to risk getting fired if you're living paycheck to paycheck.

And just because someone says something is illegal, doesn't mean that it is. It certainly seems to be in this case, but asking someone to risk their job on the word of someone else is hard.