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Vance Places Secret Service Agent on Leave Amid Helicopter Probe

7/24/2026

Summary

Story summary

U.S. Vice President JD Vance placed a Secret Service agent on administrative leave, where Spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said the agent faces a criminal inquiry.
The probe follows an MS NOW story that revealed Vance’s Marine Two helicopter trip for his son was canceled because of weather.
Agents called the last-minute helicopter flights, including house-hunting trips, unprecedented, prompting an Internal Affairs review amid a U.S. President Donald Trump era leak crackdown.

History

Historical Context

On June 17, 1972, five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex, sparking a scandal that produced 69 indictments and forced President Richard Nixon to resign in August 1974. The probe of Vice President J.D. Vance’s Secret Service agent over exclusive helicopter use revives worries that unchecked executive privileges erode public trust, echoing Watergate-era oversight reforms.

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Story summary

U.S. Vice President JD Vance placed a Secret Service agent on administrative leave, where Spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said the agent faces a criminal inquiry.
The probe follows an MS NOW story that revealed Vance’s Marine Two helicopter trip for his son was canceled because of weather.
Agents called the last-minute helicopter flights, including house-hunting trips, unprecedented, prompting an Internal Affairs review amid a U.S. President Donald Trump era leak crackdown.

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