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Secret Service Director Suspected of Lying to Congress About Colombia Prostitution Scandal

Oct. 16, 2012 9:06pm Jason Howerton

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan Suspected of Lying to Congress About Prostitution Scandal

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U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan is suspected of lying to Congress about the Colombia prostitution scandal that involved 13 of his agents, several law enforcement officials and congressional sources told Fox News.

An investigation conducted by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) suggests Sullivan gave false statements in his congressional testimony and impeded Congress in its probe into the scandal.

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DHS OIG uncovered the evidence — including specific incidents of alleged perjury, making false statements and impeding Congress — during their ongoing probe into the scandal surrounding agents’ misconduct prior to President Obama’s trip to Cartagena, Colombia last April, sources told FoxNews.com. Sources said Sullivan may have violated statute 18 USC § 1505 — obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees — and investigators are now handing the case over to federal prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section.

DHS OIG has been in talks with Justice Department prosecutors in the Public Integrity Section for months, and met with them late last week about the potential charges against Sullivan, sources said.
The OIG, however, declined to discuss details of its investigation.

“The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General is conducting an ongoing investigation, requested by Congress, of the United States Secret Service regarding its actions during a presidential visit to Cartagena, Colombia, earlier this year,” Charles Edwards, acting inspector general, said in a written statement. “The department and the Secret Service have cooperated with the OIG’s investigation thus far. However, as a matter of policy, the OIG does not discuss its ongoing investigations.”

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Comments (11)

SocialistSlayer
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:09pm
The Secret Service is in need of a serious overhaul. Hopefully Romney will give this clown the boot and bring someone in to clean house after he is elected!

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dman78
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:30am
Wait a minute, Why is the DHS investigating this “incident”? I wonder if the Obama administration is attempting to discredit the Secret Service, because they may actually have actual information that will incriminate the administration, or maybe Obama will remove the Secret Service and place it with the DHS so he can do what ever he wants without any question. I know the secret service has a long tradition of professionalism and they go through a serious background investigation. It is more likely that someone in the administration hired the prostitute and the secret service was trying to remove her and she made a scene.

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poster
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:50am
And, as always, nothing will happen to this guy. He’ll retire with his full pension, the administration will call him “courageous”, and he’ll live happily ever after.

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Soul Leister
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:26am
The democrats are pressing sullivan hard because he let the cat out of the back in closed tesimony that there were two white house staffers with prostitutes in their rooms also… so the white house needs him discredited to keep his damaging testimony out of the papers…. slash and burn, as they kick that can down the road til after the election… that is their plan and a willing media has turned its head and coughs on queue from their preferred parties organ grinder… the DNC will be the ruin of this land.

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Grand design
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:15am
Lying, really? The Executive branch lying to Congress, unbelievable!

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:07am
They know that the agent is lying because one of the prostitutes was obama in drag and a wig. He was doing undercover work. Moochelle was involved to.

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Baja
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:38pm
What do you expect? Almost everyone connected to Obama is lying.
Obama Haiku:
Mouth opens,
**** falls out.

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blackyb
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:35pm
All of them should be in jail. Chief among them are Obama, Valarie Jarrett, Eric Holder, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Rom Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, and Bill ayers should be beheaded for treason to this nation.

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- blownaway
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:43am
  …let’s not forget to include Jay Carney and Robert Gibbs, whom I would love to see held accountable for their non stop lying to the American public… whatever happened to being honorable? No sign of it from this administration…
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:20pm
If the charges of him lying are true – fire him.

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- M13
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:26pm
  If the charges of lying are true, then nothing will happen and no one will know about it.
  
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