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Secret Service Agent Home Raided By FBI

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In what is shaping up to be a full-blown institutional crisis, the FBI and IRS have reportedly raided the home of a Secret Service agent currently assigned to Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail — a dramatic escalation in a far-reaching investigation into alleged tax and wire fraud linked to a now-controversial nonprofit charity.

According to RealClearPolitics, the raid occurred around December 8 and marks the culmination of a year-long federal probe that has now expanded to include dozens of Secret Service agents, some of whom are believed to have donated to — and even profited from — the charity at the heart of the scandal. The investigation has since rattled the Secret Service from its top leadership down to the rank-and-file.


At the center of the case is an agent whose name has not yet been released but who, according to IRS filings, founded and chaired the nonprofit, which claimed to offer a range of noble-sounding services: emergency aid for domestic violence survivors, childhood obesity prevention, HIV/AIDS family support, and a "Laptops for Hope" program for underprivileged youth. The problem? Investigators say those services were largely fictional — and the millions in donations that poured in since 2022 were funneled elsewhere.

Adding to the bitter irony is the revelation that some of the laptops handed out through the charity's marquee program were outdated devices donated by the Secret Service itself — raising even more questions about internal oversight. Investigators are also reportedly looking into whether any agents received improper tax benefits by writing off their donations, only to receive money back under the guise of charitable refunds.


Sources familiar with the matter told RealClearPolitics that more than two dozen Secret Service agents may be implicated, either through their use of the agent’s tax services or their financial involvement with the charity. The same sources describe a sense of panic rippling through the agency, with numerous staff now under formal scrutiny. The agent in question has reportedly been placed on unpaid administrative leave and had their security clearance suspended.

While the FBI has declined to confirm or deny the investigation, the scope and potential fallout are quickly becoming impossible to ignore. One law enforcement insider told the outlet, “This is bigger than the 2012 prostitution scandal,” referring to the infamous Cartagena incident during President Obama’s term, where agents were caught soliciting prostitutes while on an official trip. The key difference here, they noted, is that Secret Service agents are trained in fraud detection — meaning they knew precisely what lines they were crossing.


As the holidays unfold, what was once a quiet fraud case has quickly become a high-profile national embarrassment, cutting at the heart of one of America’s most elite and trusted protective institutions. With millions of charitable dollars unaccounted for, children and abuse victims misled, and sworn agents potentially complicit, this scandal may soon rewrite the boundaries of federal misconduct — and severely test the Secret Service’s already strained credibility.

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