The Israeli police arrested an agent of the US Secret Service, prior to the arrival of President Joe Biden to Israel, for an incident of “physical assault”, before he was deported to the United States.
The incident occurred late on Monday evening, before President Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday.
channel quoted “NBC NewsA Secret Service spokesman said that “the Israeli police detained and interrogated the employee, and released him without charge.”
“According to agency protocol, his (the employee’s) access to Secret Service systems and facilities has been suspended pending further investigation,” the spokesperson added.
The assault happened “following the client and other employees went to dinner and were returning to their hotel,” according to a person familiar with the matter.
“A woman claimed that she was physically assaulted in an accident on the street and the police were called,” the source said.
He added that “the incident did not involve any allegations of sexual assault, and it is not known whether it was caused by drinking alcohol.”
channel quoted “CBS NewsThe Secret Service reported that a member of the US Secret Service was returned to the United States from Israel on Monday, following he allegedly engaged in a “physical assault” in Jerusalem and was briefly detained by Israeli police.
A Secret Service spokesman said, on Wednesday, in a statement to CBS News that “the agency reported the incident late on Monday,” and that the agent, who was working in Israel, “was arrested for a brief period and questioned by the Israeli police, who released him without charge.” .
CBS quoted “people familiar with” the details of the incident as saying that “a Secret Service agent was off duty with other agents on Monday night at a bar in Jerusalem. A woman in the bar interacted with the agent, and an argument ensued. According to the sources, the agent paid The woman during the quarrel.
The sources said that “the woman was not harmed, but she called the Israeli police to report the client.” The Israeli police detained the agent and informed the American embassy in Israel, which contacted the headquarters of the American intelligence service, according to the sources.
The agent involved in the incident was a member of the Counterattack Team, a “Secret Service heavy weapons tactical unit” that supports the Presidential Protection Division, according to a source familiar with the matter quoted by CBS. A counterattack team is usually deployed before high-profile presidential trips.
stated “Times of IsraelOn Thursday, the woman told police that “the man was drunk and behaving inappropriately outside a bar in Mahane Yehuda Market.”
