The U.S. Secret Service is investigating allegations that one of its agents sexually assaulted a female staffer of Kamala Harris.

According to RealClearPolitics, the alleged incident took place sometime over the past week while the agency planned for a Harris campaign event in Wisconsin.

“Several Harris staffers and Secret Service agents were in Green Bay to provide advance security and other planning for an upcoming Harris campaign event,” RealClearPolitics noted.

The event ended up not taking place.

Per RealClearPolitics:

The special agent in question and several Harris staffers were dining and drinking alcohol at a local restaurant after wrapping up work for the day. The group went back to the Harris staffer’s hotel room when the Secret Service agent in question allegedly forced himself on the woman staffer, groping her in the process – actions that were apparently witnessed by other people present.

One source in the Secret Service community said the accused agent was so inebriated that he was kicked out of his hotel room by co-workers and passed out in the hallway, where photos were taken of him.

After learning of the incident, top Secret Service officials summoned the accused agent to agency headquarters in D.C. and ordered him to meet Monday with investigators in the Inspections Division, the department that handles investigations into disciplinary matters.

“The U.S. Secret Service Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating a misconduct allegation involving an employee,” a Secret Service spokesman told CNBC.

“The employee has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation,” the spokesman added.

CNBC reports:

Harris’ office, in a statement on the report, told NBC News, “The Office of the Vice President take the safety of staff seriously.”

“We have zero tolerance for sexual misconduct. Senior OVP officials were alerted by the USSS about an incident involving an agent and informed that USSS initiated an investigation,” Harris’ office said. “The Office of the Vice President will not be releasing further information.”

 

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