Secret Service Agent Protecting Jared and Ivanka Shoves Man Who Gets Too Close
A plainclothes Secret Service agent was caught on video forcefully shoving a man who appeared to get too close to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump during an outing in South Beach, Florida, on Sunday night.
The moment was captured in a video circulated online and first reported by RealClearPolitics national political correspondent Susan Crabtree.
In the clip she shared on her X page, Jared is wearing a black suit and walking alongside President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, who is wearing a gold dress.
A man in a black shirt, among a group of onlookers, approached from the left side of the couple.
A nearby agent stepped in and shoved the man hard. People in the crowd gasped.
Both Jared and Ivanka turned around to glance at the incident as they continued walking toward a waiting vehicle.
The same agent who shoved the man then ensured both made it into a dark colored SUV.
Crabtree reported:
Some Secret Service agents say this is an example of an agent getting too rough with the public, and a possible indication of worktime stress as many USSS agent details are continuing to be stretched thin with long hours, including on VP Vance’s detail.
Yet, such an aggressive push may not be that uncommon. I, too, have been pushed forcefully aside when I thought I was minding my own business. I was up in the hall near the press gallery — and the USSS agents were clearing the way for First Lady Michelle Obama to come through before a SOTU. I was shaken up a little, but understood that the agents are on high alert on nights like those.
The Secret Service has not released an official statement regarding the incident or the agent’s conduct.
It’s unclear whether the man involved will face any charges or whether he was at any point a safety threat.
