A U.S. Secret Service employee has been placed on immediate administrative leave and had his security clearance revoked after reportedly celebrating the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in a social media post, Fox News Digital confirmed Friday.
“The U.S. Secret Service will not tolerate behavior that violates our code of conduct. This employee was immediately put on administrative leave, and an investigation has begun,” a Secret Service spokesperson told Fox News when asked about the employment status of Anthony Pough.
According to Real Clear Politics, Pough had posted on Facebook celebrating Kirk’s death, accusing the conservative leader of spreading “racism.”
“If you are Mourning [sic] this guy .. delete me. He spewed hate and racism on his show,” Pough wrote, according to the outlet. He also referenced the recent Evergreen High School shooting in Colorado that left two students injured, writing, “Especially when we should be mourning the innocent children killed in Colorado.”
Pough further claimed that Kirk’s death was “karma,” writing, “At the end of the day, you answer to GOD and speak things into existence. You can only circumvent karma, she doesnt [sic] leave.”
Real Clear Politics reported that Pough was in “Phase 2” of his career with the Secret Service, a stage where agents are focused on protective assignments. He had not yet been assigned to any regular detail protecting President Donald Trump. According to the agency’s website, Phase 3 typically involves post-protective field, protection, or headquarters assignments. (RELATED: MSNBC Fires Analyst Matthew Dowd For ‘Unacceptable’ Charlie Kirk Comments)
Kirk was shot Wednesday afternoon while attending a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University. He was struck once in the neck and later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
He leaves behind his wife, Erika Kirk, as well as their two children, ages 1 and 3. The Kirks married in 2021.
Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance accompanied Kirk’s casket back to Arizona, where he resided with his family, on Thursday via Air Force Two.
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We can be thankful for one thing. Had Christopher Wray still been running the FBI, Kirk’s death would have been ruled a suicide, and either the assassin would never have been apprehended, or a conservative would have been charged on the basis of composed evidence.
The people that celebrate someone’s death are the byproduct of our left-wing universities radical professors.
He definitely shouldn’t be in the Service. Government employees in that type of position shouldn’t be publicly voicing an opinion one way or the other. It may suggest to others that the employee is susceptible to contrary action.
A person with that type of mind set must NEVER be placed in a position of protecting lives
He needs to be REMOVED PERMANENTLY, not just placed on “Administrative” leave, which means he is still collecting a salary.
That type of person can NEVER be trusted in an assignment to protect the life of a United states President and must NOT be retained.