Cause of administrative leave remains unclear as agency review begins
The U.S. Secret Service placed three of its officials on administrative leave Tuesday pending the outcome of an investigation by the agency’s professional standards office, the agency said.
The three were operating in non-law-enforcement capacities and were being investigated for potential misconduct, according to the agency’s public information office. The cause of the action remained unclear as the Office of Professional Responsibility was beginning its review.
The agency did not identify the three officials, the positions they held, or the specific nature of the alleged misconduct under investigation. The Office of Professional Responsibility, also described as the agency’s professional standards office, is conducting the review.
The action comes as the Secret Service has been under scrutiny as President Donald Trump has been the subject of at least three assassination plots in the past two years.
In one of those plots, in April, police said an armed man breached security at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which Trump was attending.
The three officials will remain on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.