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Secret Service Agent Reviewed for Leaking Vance Travel Info

Secret Service Agent Reviewed for Leaking Vance Travel Info
Suspected of leaking travel info, Secret Service agent on US V-P Vance’s detail under review · theprint.in

A Secret Service agent who works with Vice President J.D. Vance is being reviewed because they might have shared information about Vance's travels with a news channel called MS Now.

The news story said that Vance and his family often make last-minute travel plans, which can be hard for the Secret Service to handle.

This has made some agents upset and even led to them making jokes about Vance.

The Secret Service is now looking into this to see if any rules were broken.

Vance's office says they are grateful for the Secret Service's work and understand the challenges of protecting a Vice President with a big family.

Key facts

Agent Status
On administrative leave
Reviewing Body
Department of Homeland Security's internal affairs branch
Article Source
MS Now (formerly MSNBC)
Article Date
15 July
Helicopter Cost
$16,000 to $24,600 per hour
Vance's Code Name
Bobcat

Quotes

Unnamed source

Source with knowledge of the golf trip

““They change everything,” an MS Now source said. “They don’t stick to their schedules, and that costs shit-tons of taxpayer money,” the source added.”
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““That is RIDICULOUS…Pence and Harris never pulled anything like that.””
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Vice President J.D. Vance office

Official spokesperson for VP Vance

““The Vances are grateful to the men and women of the US Secret Service who serve our country with distinction,” the statement said. “While protecting a Vice President with a large policy portfolio and a young and growing family presents a unique challenge, agents of the Secret Service do so with excellence every day.””
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