Three Secret Service officials have been placed on administrative leave pending investigation

UNDATED-AP- Three U.S. Secret Service officials have been placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of an investigation by the agency’s professional standards office. The three were operating in non-law-enforcement capacities and were being investigated for potential misconduct, the agency’s public information office reported. However, the cause for the action remained unclear Tuesday (Aug. 25, 2026) as the Office of Professional Responsibility was beginning its review. The Secret Service has been under scrutiny as President Donald Trump has been the subject of at least three assassination plots in the past two years. Recently, the agency was also involved in a ruse to move Trump out of Turkey on an undisclosed military aircraft.