Anthony Guglielmi secret service leave began after three U.S. Secret Service employees, including the chief of communications, were placed on administrative leave pending a misconduct investigation. The action was disclosed on August 25, 2026, and it immediately stripped the staffers of their security clearances and access to work devices.
A Secret Service spokesperson said the employees were “non-law-enforcement personnel” and were placed on leave “pending an investigation into potential misconduct.” The matter now sits with the Office of Professional Responsibility, which will handle the inquiry inside the agency.
Secret Service communications office
The employees came from the Secret Service’s communications office, making the leave a move inside a unit that handles outside-facing agency work. Anthony Guglielmi was among the three people affected, along with two other members of the office.
Those immediate restrictions matter because the employees no longer have access to their security clearances or work devices while the probe proceeds. That leaves the communications operation with fewer cleared staffers available while the review is underway.
Late Tuesday statement
Late Tuesday, the Secret Service said three non-law-enforcement personnel had been placed on administrative leave. The agency also said, “The U.S. Secret Service is committed to upholding the highest standards of professionalism and integrity in fulfilling our zero-fail mission of protecting the President and other high-level government officials. Our critical work demands that our workforce maintain an unwavering commitment to duty, honesty, and courage in all aspects of their jobs,”
The same statement created a gap in the story: the agency said the employees were removed for potential misconduct, but it also said it was not clear why they were put on leave or what the investigation entails. That leaves the basic trigger for the action unresolved even as the internal review moves ahead.
Office of Professional Responsibility
The Office of Professional Responsibility will examine the matter, and the result could range from no further action to discipline, depending on what the agency finds. For now, the practical effect is immediate: three communications staffers, including Guglielmi, are sidelined while the Secret Service decides what happened and whether the leave becomes more than a temporary step.
The agency has also recently opened an “administrative investigation” and a “potential criminal inquiry” into a member of Vice President JD Vance’s security detail for allegedly leaking sensitive information. That parallel review adds pressure on the agency’s internal accountability process, but the question in this case remains the same: what specific conduct triggered the administrative leave?
