“Late Monday, the United States Secret Service was notified that an agency employee working in Israel was allegedly involved in a physical encounter. The employee was briefly detained and questioned by Israeli police, who released him without charge. The employee returned to the United States,” the Secret Service said in a statement. “In accordance with agency protocol, his access to Secret Service systems and facilities has been suspended pending further investigation.” CNN has reached out to the White House for comment. The incident follows a series of high-profile incidents involving the Secret Service. Earlier this year, two Secret Service agents were sent home from South Korea after an altercation with a taxi driver and two Korean nationals as President Joe Biden embarked on his first tour of Asia since taking office. In April, four Secret Service agents were placed on leave after being accused in a federal investigation of being defrauded by two men who claimed to be agents of the Department of Homeland Security.
