Three Secret Service officials were reportedly escorted out of their offices on Monday and designated “do not admits” as part of a criminal investigation into the leaking of classified information to the media.
RealClearPolitics reporter Susan Crabtree broke the news Tuesday, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
Crabtree reported:
“Three Secret Service officials/agents were walked out of their offices on Monday and made ‘do not admits’ as part of a criminal investigation into leaked classified information to the media, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
“It’s unclear if the leaks to the media pertained to the controversy over President Trump’s secret evacuation from Turkey because of intelligence about a surface-to-air missile threat to Air Force One from Iran.
“The FBI and the CIA are involved in the investigation, one source told RCP.
“Calls to Secret Service Communications Director Anthony Guglielmi were not immediately returned. An email to the Secret Service press office also was not immediately returned.”
@RCPolitics EXCLUSIVE and BREAKING: Three Secret Service officials/agents were walked out of their offices on Monday and made “do not admits” as part of a criminal investigation into leaked classified information to the media, according to two sources familiar with the… pic.twitter.com/96wlHSJ152
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) August 25, 2026
The Secret Service subsequently confirmed that three employees had been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into “potential misconduct.”
“Three non-law enforcement personnel at the U.S. Secret Service have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into potential misconduct,” an agency spokesperson told CNN in a statement. “Per policy, this incident is being investigated by the Office of Professional Responsibility. We are unable to comment further at this time.”
The statement continued: “The U.S. Secret Service is committed to upholding the highest standards of professionalism and integrity in fulfilling our zero-fail mission of protecting the President and other high-level government officials. Our critical work demands that our workforce maintain an unwavering commitment to duty, honesty, and courage in all aspects of their jobs. We will continue to pursue the level of excellence that is worthy of the mission which has been entrusted to us by the American people.”
CBS News identified one of the employees as Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi. The other two individuals also reportedly worked in the agency’s communications office.
All three had their security clearances suspended and lost access to their government-issued devices.
The agency has not publicly confirmed that the investigation concerns classified leaks, nor has it confirmed Crabtree’s report that the FBI and CIA are involved.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, President Trump was secretly transferred from Air Force One to a smaller C-32A military aircraft before departing Ankara, Turkey, on July 8.
Trump was reportedly moved between the aircraft inside an airport catering truck while the original Air Force One departed as a decoy carrying administration officials, Secret Service personnel, White House staff and members of the traveling press.
The highly sensitive maneuver was reportedly ordered after U.S. officials received intelligence concerning a possible Iranian plot to target Air Force One with a surface-to-air missile.
President Trump later confirmed that the Secret Service and military instructed him to use another aircraft.
“It’s only up to the Secret Service. I just follow what they’d like to do,” Trump told reporters. “They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane.”
The Gateway Pundit reported on Trump’s response to the original Washington Post leak here.
Days later, even more sensitive information about the extraordinary security operation was leaked to CBS News.
That report disclosed that the National Security Agency, CIA and Turkey’s MIT intelligence service had intercepted information about a potential Iranian plot to fire a missile at the presidential aircraft. It also revealed when the decision to move Trump was reportedly made.
The Gateway Pundit reported on that additional leak here.
Retired Lt. Col. Robert “Buzz” Patterson, who served as a senior military aide to Bill Clinton and carried the nuclear football, warned that only a very small group would have known about the operation.
“If somebody leaked it, it was somebody involved in the process, and that scares the hell out of me,” Patterson said.
The Gateway Pundit also reported that an agent on Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail was placed on leave amid an administrative probe and potential criminal inquiry over suspected leaks of sensitive operational and travel details to the media.
Now three members of the Secret Service communications operation have been removed from their positions while investigators examine potential misconduct.
Whether these suspensions are connected to the Turkey leaks remains unknown. But if classified details about an emergency operation to protect the president were deliberately handed to reporters, that would represent a breathtaking betrayal of national security and potentially place President Trump, Secret Service agents, military personnel and innocent passengers in grave danger.
The American people deserve to know who leaked this information, what was disclosed and whether anyone inside the federal government compromised the safety of the president for political or personal reasons.
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