Three Secret Service Officials Placed on Leave Amid Misconduct Probe

Three U.S. Secret Service employees have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into "potential misconduct," the agency confirmed late Tuesday.

The staffers include Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi and two other members of the Secret Service's communications office, U.S. officials told CBS News. As part of the probe, the employees lost their security clearances and access to their work devices — a common practice in internal investigations, the officials said.

It is not clear why the employees were put on leave or what the investigation entails. A Secret Service spokesperson confirmed that three "non-law enforcement personnel" were placed on leave "pending an investigation into potential misconduct," without elaborating. The matter is being handled by the agency's Office of Professional Responsibility.

"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," the spokesperson said. "Our critical work demands that our workforce maintain an unwavering commitment to duty, honesty, and courage in all aspects of their jobs."

Attorney Gregg Bernstein, a spokesman for Guglielmi, said his client "is a professional of deep integrity whose decades-long public record advocating for local, state and federal agencies speaks for itself," adding that Guglielmi "holds profound respect for the mission and work of the United States Secret Service and is cooperating fully with everything being asked of him."

CNN was first to report on the investigation.

The development comes weeks after the Secret Service opened an inquiry into a member of Vice President JD Vance's security detail for allegedly leaking sensitive information, which the agency described as both an "administrative investigation" and a "potential criminal inquiry."

The agency has faced heightened scrutiny following several unsuccessful assassination attempts against President Trump and, more recently, over security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. CBS News has reported that Trump was advised to leave last month's NATO summit in Turkey aboard an older Air Force One due to a threat from Iran and its proxies to target the presidential plane. He ultimately flew out on neither aircraft, instead being secretly moved to another jet by way of an airport catering truck.