On Tuesday, three U.S. Secret Service officials found themselves on administrative leave, awaiting the outcomes of an internal investigation regarding potential misconduct.

The agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility is in the early stages of this inquiry and has yet to divulge specifics about the allegations facing the trio.

Information from the Secret Service’s public information office clarified that these individuals were not actively engaged in any law enforcement capacities within the agency.

The Secret Service has faced increased scrutiny under President Donald Trump’s administration in the wake of three separate assassination attempts against him.

The first attempt, in Butler, Pennsylvania, launched a series of congressional hearings with leaders at the Secret Service.

More recently, the Secret Service said on Tuesday that it was aware of a threat from Iran against the president’s youngest son, Barron Trump.

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“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees,” Nate Herring, a Secret Service spokesperson, told News Media.

“Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence,” Herring added.

The video depicts locations associated with the younger Trump’s whereabouts. It ends with a suggested $10 million reward for his location.

Iranian state media has aired content on multiple occasions threatening Trump and his family following the assassination of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which came at the start of the war between the United States and Iran, as well as the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in 2020.

“I don’t think it’s any secret, it’s been in the media, that Iran has publicly said they want to kill President Trump,” Deputy Director of the U.S. Secret Service Matt Quinn told reporters at an event last month.

The video came amid threats from the Trump administration to nations that fail to sever their economic ties with Tehran and an ongoing naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

In July, Trump secretly switched planes from Air Force One to another aircraft in Turkey via a catering truck due to a credible Iranian surface-to-air missile threat.

WASHINGTON — Usha Vance, the second lady, has addressed rumors swirling about her husband, hinting at a possible 2028 presidential run.

As a mother of four, she expressed her support for any such decision by her husband, emphasizing, however, that Vice President JD Vance is currently zeroed in on the upcoming midterm elections, where the Republicans face tough odds in their quest to maintain control of the House.

“I approach this one step at a time,” she revealed on “Fox & Friends” during a Wednesday broadcast. “At the moment, his primary focus is on the midterms.”

She further explained, “For me, it’s about concentrating on the opportunities I have in this four-year tenure. I aim to remain open-hearted and adaptable to whatever the future may hold, having witnessed our ability to navigate various changes.”

Vice President Vance has also downplayed the presidential buzz, reiterating that his current emphasis lies squarely on the midterm elections.

Just last month, Usha gave birth to the second family’s fourth child, Alex.

“He’s a great newborn,” she remarked. “He must know his place in the world because he’s a fourth child. He has been so relaxed compared to a couple of his siblings. So we’re actually sleeping pretty well and feeling pretty good.”

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She revealed that JD has been reading the “Hobbit” to their children before bedtime and touted her campaign to boost child literacy

The veep joked earlier this week that Usha previously suggested it might be difficult to have both a fourth child and pursue the vice presidency.

“The second lady said, ‘Well, you can have one of two things. You can be VP, or you can have a fourth child.’ Ladies and gentlemen, I must be pretty persuasive, because I got both,” JD quipped at an event in Maine.

Many recent presidents have had young children. During President Trump’s first term, his youngest son, Barron, was just 10 years old. Former President Barack Obama took office with a 10- and 7-year-old.

JD has routinely been polled as the 2028 GOP presidential frontrunner, followed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump has mused publicly about whether JD or Rubio would be stronger as the party’s standard-bearer.

Usha hinted that she will be supportive of her husband’s 2028 decision.

“Whatever it is that he feels is the right thing for him to do, we’re going to have a good time doing it,” Usha said of her husband’s potential presidential prospects. “We will make the best of it in the best possible way.”

In a dramatic turn of events, three senior Secret Service officials, including the agency’s chief spokesperson, have been escorted out of their offices due to an internal misconduct investigation.

Communications director Anthony Guglielmi and two others in his department left on Monday, sources told Real Clear Politics.

These officials have been placed on administrative leave. In the process, their security clearances have been revoked, and their work-related devices seized, as reported by CNN.

While the Secret Service remains tight-lipped about the specific details of the investigation, it’s been revealed that both the CIA and the FBI are involved in the matter.

The investigation coincides with FBI Director Kash Patel’s ongoing efforts to identify the source of a media leak concerning former President Donald Trump’s secretive airplane switch at the Ankara tarmac post-NATO summit last month.

Reports detailed that during the incident, the President made a discreet exit from Air Force One via a catering cart, leaving some Cabinet members behind while departing with only his closest aides, including personal secretary Natalie Harp, due to a threat from Iranian operatives.

The Secret Service has faced mounting scrutiny in recent years following several high-profile security lapses while protecting Trump.

FBI agents reportedly questioned several Secret Service officials after it was first revealed that the President did not leave Turkey aboard the Qatari-gifted plane. 

Guglielmi has overseen the Secret Service’s communications department since the Biden administration, including during the fallout from the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, which led to the agency director’s resignation.

He previously served as the communications chief for the Chicago and Baltimore Police departments during times of civil unrest. 

Last month, Guglielmi announced that an agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance was facing a criminal inquiry over a suspected media leak.

The case erupted after agents were quoted complaining about last-minute travel requests from Vance and his family, raising concerns that operational details had been compromised.

It followed disciplinary action against six agents over the Butler assassination failures, marking a turbulent year in which director Sean Curran has tried to rebuild an agency battered by security lapses and internal mistrust.

The suspensions were imposed in February 2025 but were not made public until five months later.

Curran is a longtime member of Trump’s protective detail who helped shield him during the Butler shooting before the president personally selected him to lead the agency.

He has since pushed to overhaul training, equipment and coordination with local law enforcement while imposing greater accountability for security failures. 

The agency has also recorded recent successes after agents stopped an armed gunman before he could reach the ballroom where Trump was attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April. 

Two months later, the Secret Service worked with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to thwart an alleged drone-and-sniper attack targeting the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House.