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Secret Service agent placed on paid leave over Trump remarks
NY Post ^ | January 28, 2017 | Fox

Posted on 01/28/2017 10:31:22 AM PST by COUNTrecount

A Denver-based Secret Service agent who reportedly suggested that she would rather go to jail than take a bullet for President Trump has been placed on administrative leave.

The Washington Examiner reported Friday that Kerry O’Grady, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Denver district, was placed on paid leave during an investigation. Special Agent Kerry O’Grady

O’Grady reportedly posted on Facebook in October, “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.”

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KEYWORDS: first100days; hatchact; kerryogrady; trump45; usss
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Cue Steven Tyler....


41 posted on 01/28/2017 11:14:06 AM PST by Rebelbase (ABC/NBC/CBS/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/FOX are THE LEGACY MEDIA)
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To: COUNTrecount

Sic Semper Idiots.


42 posted on 01/28/2017 11:15:33 AM PST by LydiaLong
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To: COUNTrecount

She should have resigned. No benefit.

And pay back double whatever expense the country (we taxpayers) spent on her training/other stuff.....


43 posted on 01/28/2017 11:16:05 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: Vaduz

“...a weak link...”

Yep. She’s risking the lives of the SS team, too. Announcing to the whole world she’s not gonna do her job is an open invitation.
Yoo-hoo! Blast away!
Like the skanks who join the military for the benefits, then announce they’ll choose which wars they’ll fight in.


45 posted on 01/28/2017 11:18:04 AM PST by mumblypeg (Make America Macho Again.)
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

We have a winner. And they all probably kept promoting her because no one wanted her to become his or her “cluster****” employee from hell to deal with after a bad performance report.

I am pretty sure that any upward mobility she had is over, and there is no way she should be returned to her present position. Move her to Alaska to chase counterfitters til she decides to put in her retirement papers or resigns.


46 posted on 01/28/2017 11:20:12 AM PST by Simon Foxx
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To: mumblypeg

To many women of today lack grit like the women did in the pre snowflake era.


47 posted on 01/28/2017 11:22:44 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: COUNTrecount

I wish him well in his new line of work.


48 posted on 01/28/2017 11:23:02 AM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: COUNTrecount

Even if it was fired, it would get whatever accrued leave it had.


49 posted on 01/28/2017 11:24:42 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Lurkinanloomin
or at least transferred to Nome Alaska, providing security for a Polar Bear.
50 posted on 01/28/2017 11:25:59 AM PST by ASA Vet (Make US Intelligence great again!)
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To: COUNTrecount

“Leave”?

For goodness sakes, people get fired for 1/1,000,000th of that

FIRE HER AZZ


51 posted on 01/28/2017 11:27:35 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT Mexico NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: COUNTrecount

She needs to be fired


52 posted on 01/28/2017 11:32:07 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Not a dude, a “transwoman”. A man transitioning to female. And if so, presents a special class of protected minorities who can be tricky to fire. Probably will be retired in a quiet way. Isn’t it interesting that a protected person under Obama’s regime is the one to speak outl? Maybe too much estrogen this week? Maybe angling for a new life in politics?


53 posted on 01/28/2017 11:33:03 AM PST by The Westerner (The real change must be in the textbooks of our nation!)
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To: ASA Vet; Chode
Permanent Station Chief re-assign to the Alaskan Timothy Treadwell Memorial Site without a weapon to honor his memory and love of Grizzly Bears.

Primary duty: Keeping the buckets of salmon guts filled.

54 posted on 01/28/2017 11:36:53 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“...In any business in America, you would be fired on the spot for such refusal to perform assigned duties or such insubordination. I’m hopeful Trump can get rid of federal unions and civil service rules...”

Needs to be done! But doubtful the executive branch can do it. These anti-laissez-faire rules were enacted year after year by a Congress and willing President.

Executive Orders and ending regulatory departments such as EPA, Education, HHS will be revolutionary, but the next swing to the left will bring another socialist President who will start all over again. See my tagline. This is a long range battle for the Republic.


55 posted on 01/28/2017 11:39:20 AM PST by The Westerner (The real change must be in the textbooks of our nation!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin; COUNTrecount

Do we still have a base at Thule, Greenland? If so, transfer her there, if the decision is made not to fire here. To me she violated her oath of office with those posts. I say that based upon 20 years as a non-commissioned and commissioned officer in the US Army and my 2 decades as an Army civilian historian who took the same oath as she did: To support and defend the constitution and fulfill ALL assigned duties....


56 posted on 01/28/2017 11:41:04 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Should have been fired already or at least transferred to Nome Alaska or:


57 posted on 01/28/2017 11:46:10 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Obama's greatest legacy to America/Americans was the election of President Trump!)
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To: Covenantor
LOL... hell yeah!
58 posted on 01/28/2017 11:48:53 AM PST by Chode (may the RATS all die of dehydration from crying)
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To: Grampa Dave

LOL, that’s a good one!


59 posted on 01/28/2017 11:51:08 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: COUNTrecount

So, she admits to a penchant/desire to commit Pernicious Political Activities and she is on paid vacation - should be fired and fined.


60 posted on 01/28/2017 12:07:28 PM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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