In the latest episode of "Biden Family Abuses of Power," allegations were brought to light on Tuesday that a Secret Service agent faced retaliation from his chain of command while assigned to then-President Biden's granddaughter. His alleged infraction? He declined to act as an "Uber driver" for her friend.
🚨SECRET SERVICE EXCLUSIVE: AGENT ALLEGES RETALIATION AFTER BIDEN GRANDCHILD INCIDENT -- 'The USSS is not an Uber Service'
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There's a lot there at the X post; here are some key points.
Here's some insight as to why many Secret Service agents are relieved they no longer have to cover Hunter and Ashley Biden and at least five Biden grandchildren.
One agent is alleging that he was seriously retaliated against by top USSS officials in part for following agency policy and not becoming an "Uber service" for one of Biden's granddaughters.
It's not at all clear why Biden's grandchildren in particular are afforded Secret Service details after old Joe left office; it's not the usual form, and President Trump was right to yank those details. If the Biden grandchildren are concerned for their safety, let them go to wherever the Biden family has hidden old Joe away, because it's sure been a pretty effective disappearing act. But here's why the Secret Service is breathing a sigh of relief:
The Secret Service agent had driven home "Cowboy," the agency's code name for Maisy Biden, one of Hunter Biden's daughters, and her friends after a late night of dancing. Maisy was roughly 21 at the time so of legal drinking age. It's unclear whether alcohol or drugs were involved.
The incident is described in a Secret Service agent’s legal complaint against the agency but only describes Maisy by her code name, “Cowboy.” Other sources in the Secret Service community disclosed to me that “Cowboy” is a reference to Maisy Biden.
During the drive home from partying at dance clubs, one of Maisy Biden's friends repeatedly demanded that the agent take a detour and stop at a location other than Maisy's final destination.
It's beyond obvious that the Secret Service is and should be under no obligation to accommodate personal friends, even if they are friends of the president's granddaughter. So up to this point, the Secret Service agent was put out and reportedly asked the friend to stop making the request, mentioning, as noted above, that the United States Secret Service isn't there to serve as her personal chauffeur.
It was after the event that things took a turn for the bizarre.
Even though the agent says he was following USSS policy not to drop off Maisy's friends before getting her home, the agent who made the "Uber" remarks was forced to write a memo about the incident. In the lawsuit, the agent alleges that a USSS superior ordered him not to include any details that would reflect negatively on Maisy or her friends.
The agent argues in the lawsuit he was retaliated against (including repeatedly being passed over for promotion) in part for standing up for himself and agency policy by refusing to drive Maisy's friends to their destinations of choice.
It's difficult to see this as anything but an abuse of power.
Now, there are no allegations that the Biden administration or the Biden family was involved in this retaliation against the agent. That might be difficult to prove. But think on it for a moment; the issue had to come to the attention of the agent's superior somehow. Where else could that information have been initiated - other than Maisy Biden?
It remains to be seen, of course, how all this will play out. But it raises an interesting question: At what point does this kind of thing become (at best) a misuse of government resources? Is it a legitimate use of a United States Secret Service detail and a vehicle, to ferry a presidential granddaughter out clubbing with her friends? Most of us, I suspect, would say it is not. Granted, it's Maisy's grandfather who ran for and was (ahem) elected President, not her; on the one hand, it's not fair to ask her to surrender her social life because of that. On the other hand, it's not fair to ask the American taxpayers to provide car service and security for the granddaughter to go clubbing.
Given that choice, I'll err on the side of the taxpayers every time. And, yes, I would say that regardless of the political parties of the persons involved.
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