It's something we don't want to believe. If true, this is not a good look for the Secret Service. It also goes to them wanting
to push back on the Hutchinson claims of the latest 1/6 hearings.
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Investigative journalist and author Carol Leonnig has claimed that members of Donald Trump's Secret Service detail cheered on the insurrection of January 6, 2021.
Leonnig spoke to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow following testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson in the Tuesday Jan. 6 Committee hearing.
Hutchinson made multiple claims regarding the former President's actions and insisted that he demanded to go to the Capitol after the riots began, getting into an altercation with his security detail.
Leonnig, who has written a book on the Secret Service, Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of The Secret Service, said it was "problematic" some of Trump's detail appeared to support the rioters on January 6.
"There was a very large contingent of Donald Trump's detail who were personally cheering for [Joe] Biden to fail," she said.
"Some of them even took to their personal media accounts to cheer on the insurrection and the individuals rioting up to the Capitol, as patriots. That is problematic.
"I am not saying that Tony Ornato or Bobby Engel did that but they are viewed as being aligned with Donald Trump, which cuts against them.
"However, if they testify, under oath, 'this is what happened,' I think that is going to be important."
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-secret-service-detail-cheered-on-the-insurrection-carol-leonnig/ar-AAYZKVE?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b581f57ad7b24df481a2597c2b30a088