US Secret Service agent assaulted Israeli woman, was sent packing

An allegedly drunk U.S. Secret Service agent reportedly assaulted an Israeli woman who had asked him to tone down his and another person's behavior outside a local in Jerusalem's famous Mahane Yehuda outdoor market on Monday when they became loud and disruptive.

The woman, believed to work at the pub or an owner of a nearby business, asked the men to tone it down. This caused the brave men to start an altercation in which they had either pushed or struck her. She was not seriously injured, certainly not as injured as the reputation of the U.S. Secret Service.

According to Reuters, two Secret Service agents were sent back to the U.S. from South Korea in May 2022 following a drunken assault on a local taxi driver. At least in this instance, it wasn't a woman they assaulted.

In this instance, the man was detained by local authorities but released without charge and sent on a flight back to the U.S.

In a terse statement, the Secret Service confirmed to CBS News that the man is a member of the heavy weapons tactical unit Counter Assault Team and had been detained by Israeli police.

“The employee has returned to the United States,” the agency told network. “In accordance with agency protocol, his access to Secret Service systems and facilities was suspended pending further investigation.”

Several sources with knowledge about the incident confirmed that alcohol had been a factor in the confrontation, but a Secret Service spokesman said that whether or not the agent had been intoxicated was still under investigation. If he wasn't drunk, that would bode worse, but if he was, that would bode badly.

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“We hold all employees to the highest professional standards and you are seeing the results of our strong culture of accountability,” Tony Guglielmi told the media outlet, adding that the agents have mandatory annual “integrity training” and are taught about proper conduct before missions abroad. 

Evidently, this moron missed the part about not pushing or hitting women.

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