In this week’s episode of The Drill Down podcast (Heads Have to Roll), GAI President Peter Schweizer and Vice President Eric Eggers discuss Secret Service scandals in the wake of the agency’s failure to protect former President Donald Trump in Butler, PA.
Schweizer reminds Eggers of Secret Service Agent Kerry O’Grady, who said she wouldn’t take a bullet for Donald Trump.
“There was a case a couple of years ago, Kerry O’Grady, who was a Secret Service Agent, who said openly that she would quote ‘not take a bullet for Trump.’ That’s her job!” Schweizer said.
“The frustration and anger in the Secret Service was, not just that she said that, but that she was allowed to retire with full benefits. It was not disqualifying like it should have been.”
From The Washington Examiner:
A senior U.S. Secret Service agent posted Facebook condemnations of President Trump during the past seven months, including one in which she said she wouldn’t want to “take a bullet” for him.
She explained herself saying she viewed his presidential candidacy as a “disaster” for the country, and especially for women and minorities.
Kerry O’Grady, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Denver district, oversees coordination with Washington-based advance teams for all presidential candidate and presidential trips to the area, including all upcoming or future trips by the president, vice president or Trump administration officials.
Despite her senior security role, she has made her disdain for Trump and his incoming administration clear to her Facebook followers, who included current and former Secret Service agents and other people who were employees at the time of the posts. O’Grady’s posts triggered at least one complaint to the office that oversees investigations into Secret Service misbehavior, two knowledgeable sources told the Washington Examiner.
In one Facebook post, O’Grady wrote at 11:07 p.m. on a Sunday in October, she endorsed Hillary Clinton and said she would endure “jail time” rather than “taking a bullet” for what she regarded as a “disaster” for America.
Schweizer and Eggers also address Michelle Herczeg, a Secret Service agent on Kamala Harris’ detail who physically attacked her superior officer.
“This agent showed up and she had some concern. She started acting weird. She’s hiding behind curtains. She stole someone’s phone. Lots of erratic behavior,” Eggers recounts.
“And then that escalated and she’s physically assaulting one of her superiors there. And that’s not the only time Secret Service agents have [had issues with] her specifically. She was hired because she’d been part of the Dallas police force where she was part of a wrongful termination lawsuit. People who cover these things told RealClearPolitics that that should have absolutely been disqualifying,” Eggers continued.
Don’t miss this week’s episode, Heads Have to Roll, for more in-depth analysis from The Drill Down crew. And don’t forget to check out last week’s cast, Fail to the Chief.
