Secret Service under scrutiny for handling of 'overheated' Clinton: report
U.S. Secret Service may have broken protocol while protecting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in New York City Sunday, The Washington Post reports.
Clinton left a 9/11 memorial ceremony early after feeling ill, and can be seen in a widely circulated video standing by a curb with aides while waiting for a car to arrive. As she prepares to enter the car, she can be seen wobbling and needing help to remain standing.
The Washington Post reports that it is against Secret Service protocol for protected individuals to wait for their car to arrive.
It is also unusual for a detail leader to leave the protected individual's side, as agent Todd Madison appears to do in the video showing him stepping away to open the van's doors.
However, in a tweet Sunday evening the Secret Service said it had not violated protocol.
FACT CHECK: At no time did @SecretService personnel violate security protocols during the early departure of one of our protectees.
2:34 PM - 11 Sep 2016
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