Armed Man with Criminal Record Reportedly Rode on Elevator with Obama

The Secret Service’s bad week continues, with Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig (who’s been all over this all week) revealing another crazy Secret Service flub: an armed man with a criminal record was allowed to ride an elevator with the President of the United States.

Yes, mere weeks ago, President Obama was in Atlanta, visiting the CDC to discuss how the U.S. is combating ebola (yeah, how’s that going?), and ended up on an elevator with a contractor.

The man took out his phone and recorded video of the president. Secret Service asked him to stop and questioned him. They did a background check and discovered he had multiple convictions in the past for assault and battery.

Oh, and he had a gun on him, which apparently, the Secret Service agents were unaware of until he made them aware of this.

The Secret Service has said it’s checking into that incident.

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