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A Secret Service agent is under criminal and internal agency investigation for his alleged role in a hazing incident at a historically black fraternity at Miami’s Florida International University that landed a pledge in the hospital.
The agent, Marquez Pinder, an alumnus of the fraternity and a 2021 graduate of FIU who works in the Secret Service’s Miami Field Office, is accused of overseeing spring fraternity pledge activities, including an alleged hazing incident, three sources in the Secret Service community told RealClearPolitics.
Pinder allegedly oversaw or directed the paddling of pledges, which was allegedly so severe in one incident that a pledge’s kidneys were harmed and he was rushed to the hospital. The victim is now expected to make a full recovery, the sources said.
Pinder also has served as a reservist in the Coast Guard for several years, according to his LinkedIn account.
In a separate incident, a Secret Service agent serving on Vice President JD Vance’s detail is under internal investigation for either purchasing or trying to sell drugs to an undercover police officer, according to multiple sources. The Secret Service has placed both agents on administrative leave in recent weeks, the sources said. RealClearPolitics is withholding the agent’s name until more details emerge about the alleged drug-related arrest.
The incidents, both involving young agents, underscore ongoing concerns in Congress and the federal law enforcement community that the Secret Service has failed to implement reforms to address long-running personnel issues, including DEI and nepotism.
Many current and retired agents have argued that the agency’s ongoing DEI issues and lowering of hiring standards, as well as manpower shortages in recent years may have weakened the agency’s ability to prevent or respond properly to multiple assassination attempts against President Trump.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn in early May sent Secret Service Director Sean Curran a letter demanding a full, immediate audit of the Secret Service following a string of high-profile security breaches, including the incident in which would-be assassin Cole Tomas Allen shot past a security........