Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Senior Secret Service Agent Who Supported Hillary Suggests She Wouldn’t Take ‘A Bullet’ For Trump


From the Washington Examiner:
A senior U.S. Secret Service agent posted Facebook condemnations of President Trump during the past seven months, including one in which she said she wouldn’t want to “take a bullet” for him. 
She explained herself saying she viewed his presidential candidacy as a “disaster” for the country, and especially for women and minorities. 
Kerry O’Grady, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Denver district, oversees coordination with Washington-based advance teams for all presidential candidate and presidential trips to the area, including all upcoming or future trips by the president, vice president or Trump administration officials. 
Despite her senior security role, she has made her disdain for Trump and his incoming administration clear to her Facebook followers, who included current and former Secret Service agents and other people who were employees at the time of the posts. 
O’Grady’s posts triggered at least one complaint to the office that oversees investigations into Secret Service misbehavior, two knowledgeable sources told the Washington Examiner. 
In one Facebook post O’Grady wrote at 11:07 p.m. on a Sunday in October, she endorsed Hillary Clinton and said she would endure “jail time” rather than “taking a bullet” for what she regarded as a “disaster” for America. 
The post didn’t mention Trump by name but clearly referred to him. In the same post, she mentioned the Hatch Act, which bars executive branch staff, except the president, vice president and some other senior executive officials, from engaging in certain political activities. 
“As a public servant for nearly 23 years, I struggle not to violate the Hatch Act. So I keep quiet and skirt the median,” she wrote. “To do otherwise can be a criminal offense for those in my position. Despite the fact that I am expected to take a bullet for both sides. But this world has changed and I have changed. And I would take jail time over a bullet or an endorsement for what I believe to be disaster to this country and the strong and amazing women and minorities who reside here. Hatch Act be damned. I am with Her.”

4 comments:

Always On Watch said...

May she soon hear the words "You're fired"!

Epaminondas said...

Actually a permanent reassignment to the security detail at the US embassy in Ouagoudougou would be my preference

LAT 12°22'17.14"N
Long 1°31'10.78"W

Permanent. Take your fam and consider your kids in school there while you contemplate your dereliction and violation of oath

Of course, you can quit

Always On Watch said...

This morning on the news, I heard the O'Grady has apologized.

Apology not accepted, Ma'am!

Pastorius said...

There could be no apology humiliating enough to change her ideological position.

I kind of agree with Epa. She should be offered an insulting reassignment, as a way of showing her the door with shit on her head.