The United States Secret Service provides protection for its designated protectees, including physical security at venues that a protectee visits.
The matter involving an encounter between a member of the Secret Service and a member of the media is under review and we therefore cannot comment further.
Reports that the Secret Service escorted attendees out of the premises at an event in Georgia this past Monday evening are false. The Secret Service does not escort attendees out of protectees' events in such circumstances and it was not the Secret Service who did so at that event.
In general, the Host Committee of an event is responsible for inviting and disinviting guests and/or members of the general public to their event. During an event, if an individual becomes disruptive or begins to protest, it is incumbent upon the Host Committee to request that individual leave the premises. If the individual refuses to depart, it is the sole responsibility of the Host Committee to request that local law enforcement remove the individual from the event. The Secret Service does not engage in any action to address or remove any individual or group exercising First Amendment rights who may create a disruption at a secured venue. The Secret Service only intervenes if an individual or group poses a security threat to a protectee or interferes with any law enforcement activity.