US Secret Service chief forcefully denies reports of crash
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The recently installed US Secret Service director is going on the offensive in Congress, pushing back hard against news reports that two senior agents crashed a government vehicle into a security barrier at the White House after a night of drinking earlier this month.
In a prepared statement obtained by The Associated Press, Joseph Clancy says earlier reports that two senior agents crashed a vehicle into security barrier at the White House were inaccurate. He says video of the incident showed the vehicle driving at a low rate of speed when it pushed aside a plastic barrel.
Clancy says allegations that the agents had been drinking before the March 4 incident are still being investigated by the Homeland Security Department's inspector general.
