The U.S. Secret Service has issued a “FACT CHECK” — it’s in all caps so you know it’s serious — on the conduct of its agents during Hillary Clinton’s health scare on Sunday:
FACT CHECK: At no time did @SecretService personnel violate security protocols during the early departure of one of our protectees.
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) September 11, 2016
The @SecretService is confident in the actions taken by its Protective Detail earlier today.
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) September 11, 2016
These tweets might be in response to a report in the Washington Post questioning if the U.S.S.S. was prepared for her “early departure”:
Seems to respond to @washingtonpost story https://t.co/tY21anQzW1
— Rebecca Shabad (@RebeccaShabad) September 11, 2016
From the Post:
A former Secret Service agent said that the detail’s movements show they had not planned for her to leave that early and had to make some rushed security plans on the fly. Clinton’s van was not in place when she arrived at the curb, and her detail leader, who normally sticks by her side at all times, had to leave her momentarily to open the door of her van.
OK, but what about the decision to take Clinton to her daughter’s apartment and not the ER? Who made that call???
And, if anything, the video shows that the agents were prepared for this. There’s no panic or sense of urgency at all … almost as if this happened before…
Most telling part is flawless calm choreography of her staff and detail. They do this often. #HillarysHealth pic.twitter.com/UOCNH3YQHl
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) September 11, 2016
Nope, this story isn’t going away anytime soon.
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