hree officials within the U.S. Secret Service’s communications office – including the agency’s top spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi – have been removed from their posts and stripped of their security clearances as investigators examine how classified or sensitive information reached the press, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
The three were escorted from Secret Service headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Monday and formally designated “do not admit,” meaning they are barred from entering agency facilities, two sources told RealClearPolitics, which first reported on the suspensions. One of those sources said both the FBI and CIA are participating in the inquiry, pointing to a probe with more weight than a routine internal personnel matter.
All three employees are based in the communications office. Placing Secret Service agents or officials on administrative leave and suspending security clearances is standard practice during an investigation and not a confirmation of wrongdoing.
The Secret Service itself has offered a more limited public accounting of the suspensions and probe. In a statement Tuesday, an agency spokesperson said three non-law enforcement personnel had been placed on leave pending a review by the Office of Professional Responsibility, the internal body that handles misconduct cases. The agency did not name the employees, did not describe what they are accused of, and did not address whether the FBI or CIA are involved.
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