On Monday, the Secret Service accidentally wrecked a car carrying Vice President Kamala Harris and tried to cover it up.
And they would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for the fact that literally EVERYONE has a camera and this person posted a video of the aftermath on TikTok.
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Kamala was in the car that crashed according to these eyewitnesses.
Embarrassed by the accident, the Secret Service initially lied and said that the vehicle suffered a mechanical error.
From the Washington Post:
The Secret Service also failed to note key details of the incident in an electronic message formally alerting senior leadership to the motorcade's delay. The agency's protective intelligence division reported that "a mechanical failure" in the lead car had forced agents to transfer Harris to another vehicle during a scheduled movement to the White House, according to details of the alert shared with The Washington Post.
By Monday afternoon, Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle received information from other agents that the alert did not accurately convey what happened, one of the people said. In fact, many other Secret Service agents on Harris's detail and at the White House, as well as Harris, knew her driver had actually hit the side pavement of a tunnel.
In order to save face, the agents responsible for the VP lied and said the car broke down.
The person driving the car curbed it in a tunnel. That's what happened. They busted the tire and had to replace it.
How does the Secret Service have a car accident when carrying the VP of the United States?
I thought these were highly trained people who could drive black escalades in high-speed chases.
The Secret Service agent driving Harris in an SUV struck the curb of a downtown tunnel hard enough that the vehicle's tire needed to be replaced, bringing the motorcade to a standstill near Foggy Bottom at about 10:20 a.m., said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share internal discussions.
Harris had to be transferred to another vehicle in the motorcade so agents could safely spirit her to the White House. The routine nature of the travel and the high level of training required for agents who drive the president and vice president led many in the Secret Service, as well as Harris, to question how such an accident could happen...
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the driver overcorrected when steering, leading to the accident. He said Harris was unharmed and delivered safely to the White House.
"During a protective movement Monday, a vehicle in a motorcade had a minor overcorrection and struck a curb," he said. "The protectee was transferred to a secondary vehicle, and the motorcade continued to its destination. There were no injuries to anyone."
This is an embarrassing accident, but the failure of a coverup is just par for the course for our venerated federal agencies.
Hold on...
I just had a thought.
What if she tried to grab the steering wheel??
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