A trip down memory lane
Our topic: US Secret Service “denials”
On Jan 3: @maggieNYT reports major scoop: Pence chief of staff Marc Short told VP’s lead USSS agent Trump was going to turn publicly against Pence and there could be a security risk to Pence because of it.
US Secret Service seems to get defensive (mistakenly) thinking this was a criticism of them.
@SecretSvcSpox responds publicly to a tweet by @MilesTaylorUSA issuing what appears to be a denial, until you look more closely at the wording. …
“[T]he Secret Service had no knowledge of that conversation.”
“Had.” Not “has.”
Did he mean had none at the time but very well might have knowledge of it now?
Also “had no knowledge of that conversation” almost admits there was a conversation.
On June 16, January 6 Select Committee plays videotaped testimony of Marc Short. His testimony directly matches New York Times’ reporting.
On [top]:
NYT Haberman’s reporting.
On [bottom]:
Short’s testimony.
Raises credibility concerns re USSS statement.
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Originally tweeted by Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) on June 29, 2022.
The Secret Service has a problem and has had one for some time. A couple of Biden’s detail got arrested for drunkenness just last month. What the hell is going on with that agency?