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Secret Service vet shocked at Colorado female agent's claim she won't take a bullet for Trump, So Fire Her.

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A Denver-based Secret Service agent’s assertion that she would 
rather go to jail than take a bullet for President Trump left 
one veteran of the commander-in-chief’s vaunted security detail 
stunned.

Gary Byrne, who guarded President Clinton and the Oval Office 
during a 12-year stint with the Secret Service, told Fox News 
Special Agent Kerry O’Grady’s revelation on Facebook was 
astonishing.

“It is unheard of and unbelievable that someone at her level 
would comment publicly on being unwilling to protect the 
president,” said Byrne, author of “Crisis of Character,” a book 
that came out during the presidential campaign that was highly 
critical of Hillary Clinton. “Everyone has their own personal 
political opinions, but this job is not personal. You take an 
oath to the country, not the person. You are protecting the 
office, and what makes the country great.”

The Secret Service is reportedly "taking appropriate action" 
after news broke that O’Grady had made the comments in an 
October Facebook post. The agency did not say if O’Grady, who is 
in charge of the Denver office, could be disciplined or even 
fired, but her comments may be in violation of The Hatch Act. 
That 1939 law bars certain federal employees from engaging in 
political activity to promote fairness and nonpartisanship 
within the workplace. The Secret Service is among the agencies 
affected by the Hatch Act.

"As a public servant for nearly 23 years, I struggle not to 
violate the Hatch Act,” O’Grady wrote. “So I keep quiet and 
skirt the median. To do otherwise can be a criminal offense for 
those in my position. Despite the fact that I am expected to 
take a bullet for both sides. But this world has changed and I 
have changed. And I would take jail time over a bullet or an 
endorsement for what I believe to be disaster to this country 
and the strong and amazing women and minorities who reside here. 
Hatch Act be damned. I am with Her."

O'Grady told the Washington Examiner that she took down the 
posts after two or three days and that she would protect the 
president.

"It was an internal struggle for me but as soon as I put it up, 
I thought it was not the sentiment that I needed to share 
because I care very deeply about the mission," she said.

Byrne said simply retracting the statement is not enough.

“At her level, she is special agent in charge of Denver, she has 
a couple hundred people working under her including agents, 
technicians, and officers,” he said. “Her job is to run the 
office, but to provide the manpower if the President comes to 
Colorado.

 If she made these comments just to her friends, that is 
personal. But if you state that publicly, like she did on 
Facebook, she should be removed from the position.

“I cannot tell you how bad that is,” he added.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/25/secret-service-vet-
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Secret Service vet shocked at Colorado female agent's claim she won't take a bullet for Trump, So Fire Her. "Jethro Winchester" <jethro@boom.com> - 2017-05-17 04:38 +0200

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