Did POTUS Donnie deplete the Secret Service bank account with constant travel and “having a large family?” Well according to the Director over 1,000 agents dedicated to protecting the First Family have already hit the federally mandated cap for the year. Congress best hurry back and pass a temporary spending bill because we can’t have a POTUS sitting still – PB/TK
Secret Service depletes funds to pay agents because of Trump’s frequent travel, large family – By Kevon Johnson / Aug 21 2017
WASHINGTON – The Secret Service can no longer pay hundreds of agents it needs to carry out an expanded protective mission – in large part due to the sheer size of President Trump’s family and efforts necessary to secure their multiple residences up and down the East Coast.
Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles, in an interview with USA TODAY, said more than 1,000 agents have already hit the federally mandated caps for salary and overtime allowances that were meant to last the entire year.
The agency has faced a crushing workload since the height of the contentious election season, and it has not relented in the first seven months of the administration. Agents must protect Trump – who has traveled almost every weekend to his properties in Florida, New Jersey and Virginia – and his adult children whose business trips and vacations have taken them across the country and overseas.
“The president has a large family, and our responsibility is required in law,” Alles said. “I can’t change that. I have no flexibility.”
Continue to usatoday.com article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/21/secret-service-cant-pay-agents-because-trumps-frequent-travel-large-family/529075001/
