Federal agents accused of breaking into salon for bathroom during Kamala Harris campaign stop – Washington Examiner
A salon owner in Massachusetts, Alicia Powers, has accused federal agents of unlawfully entering her salon to use the restroom during Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign event. Powers reported that individuals she did not recognize broke into Four One Three Salon without permission. The specific law enforcement agency involved is unclear, although local police stated they were not responsible. Powers expressed feeling violated as the agents reportedly covered a security camera with tape while using the facilities for over two hours and left the business unlocked. The U.S. Secret Service has since apologized and offered to cover any damages or costs. Powers noted that if they had asked for permission beforehand, she would have gladly accommodated them with refreshments.
Federal agents accused of breaking into salon for bathroom during Kamala Harris campaign stop
A Massachusetts salon owner is accusing federal agents of breaking into her business to use the bathroom during a fundraiser for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.
Alicia Powers, owner of Four One Three Salon, said people she did not know or give access to entered her business and used the restroom during Harris’s campaign stop. It is unclear which law enforcement agency is responsible, as the Secret Service often works with regional and local police. However, the local police department said it was not them.
“Violated, disrespected, and I’m just totally blown away that there wasn’t permission granted or even asked to go into the bathroom,” Powers told Spectrum News 1 Worcester.
Footage of the incident was caught on video, showing one of the agents covering up the camera, presumably with tape.
“Did I say that they were supposed to ask for permission? They were not supposed to tape it without my permission and really apologized up and down and did offer to do anything they could, with paying the alarm bill, having the salon cleaned, and just said that it’s not the way that Secret Service does things,” Powers said.
The agents were reportedly using the bathroom for over two hours and left Powers’s business unlocked at that time. Powers told Business Insider that if the agency had asked, she “probably would’ve opened the door and made them coffee and brought in donuts to make it a great afternoon for them.”
Harris’s event was held at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on July 27. The venue is next to Powers’s salon. While no federal agencies have claimed responsibility for the event, and it is unclear at this time exactly who is responsible for the incident, the Secret Service released a statement saying they spoke with Powers.
“The U.S. Secret Service works closely with our partners in the business community to carry out our protective and investigative missions. The Secret Service has since communicated with the affected business owner. We hold these relationships in the highest regard and our personnel would not enter, or instruct our partners to enter, a business without the owner’s permission,” Secret Service spokeswoman Melissa McKenzie said in a statement Sunday.
Since the presumed break-in, the Secret Service has reportedly offered to pay for the alarm company bill for that day and to have Powers’s salon cleaned.
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