An armed security guard came within inches of Barack Obama sitting in the back of a vehicle in the latest stunning Secret Service security breach.
According to TMZ, a security guard for a bar mitzvah nearby stumbled upon Obama’s SUV parked in a Hollywood alleyway outside of a restaurant last weekend.
The security guard did not know whose vehicle it was but he suspected it was a dignitary since it had Department of Homeland Security plates.
The armed guard approached the vehicle after coming down an unguarded stairwell. He saw Barack Obama sitting in the back seat using his laptop.
According to TMZ, the armed guard said Secret Service agents were startled when they saw him.
“[The security guard] turned around, walked past Obama’s SUV again, and walked back upstairs to the bar mitzvah. Then, about 30 minutes later, he says his boss asked him to hand over his credentials and his license to carry a concealed weapon for the Secret Service,” TMZ reported.
TMZ reported:
Barack Obama coming inches away from an armed stranger in a Hollywood alleyway is the latest stunning lapse of Secret Service security — an absolutely shocking scene that played out last weekend … TMZ has learned.
The former president was sitting in the back seat of his SUV Saturday around 7:30 PM outside hot spot restaurant Mother Wolf — and that’s when the armed man approached the vehicle, in his capacity as a security guard for a bar mitzvah going on upstairs from the restaurant.
He snapped a photo, assuming it was some dignitary, but had no clue it was Obama until he got closer to the passenger side, and looked into the backseat to find see the former prez using a laptop.
The guard says he panicked, realizing he was armed and could be taken out by Secret Service at any moment. So, he quickly walked away from the SUV, and out to the street where he said hello to the agents. He describes them as being startled to see him.
He turned around, walked past Obama’s SUV again, and walked back upstairs to the bar mitzvah. Then, about 30 minutes later, he says his boss asked him to hand over his credentials and his license to carry a concealed weapon for the Secret Service.
This Secret Service breach comes after two assassination attempts against President Trump in the last two months.
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