Secret Service agents for Joe Biden’s Asia trip sent home after drunk assault report in South Korea
- One agent is reportedly being investigated over what a local police official says was a fight over a taxi
- The incident took place outside the Grand Hyatt hotel, where the US president will stay as he begins his visit to South Korea and Japan
Two US Secret Service agents who were working on Joe Biden’s trip to Asia are being sent home after one was accused of drunkenly assaulting a South Korean the day before the president arrived in Seoul, officials said.
A Yongsan district police official told Reuters that one of the agents was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after getting into a fight over a taxi.
A US official disputed that the individual was detained or arrested, saying only that he was “investigated” by South Korean officials.
The official said the other agent involved in the dispute was not investigated for wrongdoing.
“The Secret Service is aware of an off-duty incident involving two employees which may constitute potential policy violations,” said Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the agency.