DHS disciplines 41 Secret Service agents for Chaffetz leak

Published May 26, 2016 8:06pm ET



The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that 41 Secret Service agents are being disciplined, after a watchdog report found personal information from Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, was leaked.

Last September, the DHS Inspector General confirmed that several Secret Service agents accessed information about Chaffetz, now chairman of the House Oversight Committee, from an application he submitted for a job at the Secret Service in 2003. This information was also “wrongfully” leaked to the press.

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