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Posted on 03/29/2026 10:35:04 AM PDT by lightman
The Secret Service continues to make headlines, though not always for the right reasons. In 2024, the agency’s actions, particularly its failure to protect Donald Trump during the July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, fueled calls for its dissolution. Moreover, there were serious security breaches involving Biden officials. In 2023, a drunk individual entered the home of then-National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, managing to bypass his Secret Service detail.
And now, an agent on Jill Biden’s detail shot himself in the butt while escorting the former first lady through Philadelphia International Airport on Friday. Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics had the backstory:
🚨SECRET SERVICE SCOOP: New details about the agent who shot himself earlier today while accompanying Jill Biden to the Philly airport.
The agent was apparently rushing and fumbling around after forgetting his cell phone in the SUV, sources told @RCPolitics.
The agent was… https://t.co/iOmeF1jK4m — Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) March 27, 2026
New details about the agent who shot himself earlier today while accompanying Jill Biden to the Philly airport.
The agent was apparently rushing and fumbling around after forgetting his cell phone in the SUV, sources told RealClearPolitics.
The agent was only one week on the job with the Jill Biden detail. He was in the SUV behind the one Biden was traveling in. He left to accompany Jill Biden through the airport, but soon realized he forgot his cell phone.
The agent rushed back to get it, and his pistol fell out of the holster and was lying on the seat. He grabbed his pistol quickly and negligently fired it as he was trying to put it back in the holster. The agent shot his butt cheek. He went to the hospital where he is recovering and is expected to be released later today.
Some stories say he was shot in the leg. Whatever the case, the agent had a Plaxico Burress-like incident, though the former NFL wide receiver didn’t have a holster, so one can see how an accidental discharge occurred during that 2008 circus. Just not a good day for the agency.
Some of the tweets about it, though, were funny:
Rumors are also swirling that Jill Biden was telling the agent about how she met Joe Biden, and after the story dragged on for a bit, the agent shot himself. https://t.co/LylwLEa6Vg — Chef Andrew Gruel (@ChefGruel) March 27, 2026
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In first?
It's more likely that they took their gun out of the holster while in the vehicle because it was too uncomfortable, forgot it, rushed back to get it, and in their hurry to reholster it shot themselves in the ass as first reported. (The holster likely being a hip holster at the 4 o'clock position).
Does a butt shot qualify as Glock Leg?
Another possibility, mentioned on another thread, is that the “forgot his phone” is a lie, and he actually forgot his gun. Given how much the SS lies, I don’t think that can be ruled out.
I’m going with you. He forgot the gun. Nobody ever forgets a phone.
“Nobody ever forgets a phone.”
I have. Several times.
At least Dr Jill was there to render first aid.
Your job is to provide protection for the former First Lady (whatever anyone here may think of her). You leave her to go get your forgotten cell phone? I think that should be the story here.
No. My opinion?
The agent left his handgun in the car, rushed back to get but claimed it was to get his cell phone. At the car, he fumbled around trying to put it back in the holster, and shot himself.
I thought Barney Fife had to keep his bullet in his shirt pocket?
I leave mine in one of my vehicles all the time
Usually no, but people I've worked with would often forget their personal phone at home or their corporate or government phone at the office.
That said, I still believe the phone is a cover story. Retrieving a phone wouldn't cause the gun to "fall out of the holster".
They came up with this cockamamie story because the truth is probably stupider.
He’ll be better off in a desk job, with no weapon.
You don’t know my sister. She forgets it frequently and loses her phone at least twice a year.
I won’t even discuss her bank card situation.
Agreed.
Same here, I hate to say.
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