Posted on 03/20/2017 6:14:57 AM PDT by Kaslin
Kerry O'Grady was the Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Secret Service’s Denver district office. It’s a prominent position, given that she works with the D.C-based advance teams for all presidential visits into the area. Well, she, like many other anti-Trump folks in the country, just couldn’t keep her mouth shut about the 45th president’s upset win over Hillary Clinton. She took to social media, writing on Facebook that she would rather go to jail than take a bullet for Trump. This was posted during the 2016 season. She also voiced her support for Clinton. All of this is barred under the Hatch Act regarding political activity concerning federal employees. Susan Crabtree of The Washington Examiner has been reporting of this story extensively.
The fallout was swift. O’Grady was removed from a retired Secret Service member association—The Association of Former Agents U.S. Secret Service—and she was placed on paid administrative leave.
Crabtree now reports that O’Grady won’t be coming back to her former position, but sources told her that they’re worried she could be transferred to some other federal agency.
The Secret Service will permanently remove a top special agent from her position after an investigation into her Facebook comments that she would rather not defend President Trump or take "a bullet" from him, but some agents are concerned she will simply be transferred to another government job.About two weeks ago, the Secret Service placed the agent's prior post — the special agent in charge of the Denver District, the top job in that office — on a list of agency openings, according to two Secret Service sources.
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Current and former Secret Service agents and officers are worried that top officials at the agency are working to shield O'Grady from being fired.
They are worried that she will be transferred to another division of the Homeland Security Department and allowed to serve out her time until she can retire with a pension as the agency has done with other officials in the public crosshairs.
O’Grady did deleted the controversial posts, but we all know that the Internet is forever. She said that her opinions of the president wouldn’t have impacted her ability to execute her duties. Apparently, not everyone felt that way.
What? President Trump gave her a bullet?
Why isn’t she fired?
If I announced that I wouldn’t do the job I was hired to do, I wouldn’t get to keep that job!
A Criminal Investigator GS-1811 is not allowed union representation; however discipline seems to follow what has been established for union employees. If she is Senior Executive Service a whole different set of standards apply. I believe she is and always has been unfit for any law enforcement or military position!
Does the SS have an office in Deadhorse AK?
Taking a bullet or not is a side issue. She KNOWINGLY broke the law (Hatch Act). Fire her.
They are protected by a bureaucracy of regulations and policy devised to protect their employment. It’s almost as bad as tenured professorship. Believe me, you can’t imagine their benefits and the level of protection they have as federal employees. She should have been terminated as soon as it was verified to be her post on facebook. Instead it confuses others about what crossing the line means. This is the fault of those managing this agent, they are not leaders.
just fire the bitch!
I wouldn't take a bullet FROM him either.
Paging President Trump...another prior president's EO that needs repealing.
She should be canned.
“...transfer her to an outpost in Alaska (sorry Alaskan Freepers). And a cut in pay would be in order as she will have nowhere to spend the money anyway....”
Since it appears that thisPOS cannot be fired, you are absolutely correct. Assign her to the remotest area on the planet. Or better yet, put her on Hitlery’s and Bill’s detail. They hate the SS.
She still gets to retire at age 50, with pay based on her high 3 years base pay.
the level of job security with those who work for the Federal Government is itself a crime against the American taxpayer
What she said is that she would not stop an assassin from trying to kill Trump. Not only should she be fired, she should be investigated for any potential threats against the President. What if she was paid off by someone to allow access to the President?
Trump carries. He should give her a bullet traveling in the high hundreds of feet per second.
Nah, give her low level job with no chance to advance
And accrue a nice pension at the same time.
There is an often used acroynm for the motivations of turncoats and traitors, MICE.
Money - self explanatory, Walker family and Ames as examples.
Ideology, religion
Coercion - blackmail
Ego - character flaw, under appreciated, smarter than superiors who obstruct the ego ridden.
From her social page remarks she seems to fall in the ideology spectrum. As Special Agent in Charge, Denver she would have full knowledge of procedures, Table of Equipment, Communications protocols, passwords of the day, scheduling and deployment.
As local SS-SAIC she and her staff have the responsibilty for categorizing local threats and doing follow up investigation in locating them in the area, pulling highest potential threats into custody for questioning.
So she has the potential still, even though reassigned to pass such information to like minded indivuals or groups willing to act. Perhaps even more so than before, as she now feels persecuted for her beliefs. Wonder how many laptops and or phones she’s lost or misplaced for extended periods. Still dangerous.
Anyone else in a normal job would get fired,I believe.
What does the Obama supporter look like? If he appears to be a 95%er you could have a problem. As long as you treat all potential tenants the same, it's hard to prove discrimination. If you want to eliminate the irresponsible, require a minimum credit score of, say, 750. To eliminate potential trouble require an authorization to do a law enforcement background check. Ask all applicants if they have ever filed charges in or had charges filed against them in landlord-tenant litigation.
In your for rent ad, put "No liberals need apply" (just kidding) describe the dwelling and the location generally, but give out no address; require that they submit an application first and only show to qualified people. You do not want to meet them until you have qualified them, so they can't claim racism because you knew what their race was.
To see how they keep their current rental, go pick them up for the showing if that is practical, or at least do a drive-by.
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