Audio and video recordings reveal Secret Service officers fought outside Obama's D.C. home

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 May 28, 2025

As a former president, Barack Obama will be provided with a U.S. Secret Service protective detail for the rest of his life -- though the quality and professionalism of that detail's members may be up for debate.

An investigation is underway and disciplinary measures have already begun to be handed down after two female Secret Service officers engaged in a physical altercation outside Obama's Washington D.C. home last week, according to the Daily Caller.

Audio and video recordings of the scuffle have been released, and an agency spokesperson has confirmed that the two individuals involved in the fight have since been suspended.

Officers fight outside Obama's home

RealClearPolitics investigative reporter Susan Crabtree first reported last week on an audio recording she'd obtained of the moments just before a physical fight erupted between two female members of the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division that were assigned to guard former President Obama's D.C. residence.

At around 2:30 am Wednesday, one officer called for a supervisor to come to the scene "immediately before I whoop this girl's ass."

In a follow-up post on Tuesday, Crabtree shared surveillance video footage she'd obtained of the altercation outside Obama's home. That footage showed three uniformed officers engaged in a scuffle, with the third officer reportedly attempting to break up the brawl between the other two.

Unprofessionalism on display

RCP's Crabtree further reported in an update that, per her sources in the Secret Service, the fight began when the first officer became angry about the second officer being late to relieve her from duty, as well as that her replacement had arrived in a Ford Explorer duty vehicle instead of a Dodge Durango that the first officer preferred.

The display of unprofessionalism has prompted questions about the stability of the first officer and whether they might be classified as a potential "insider threat" to the agency.

It has also caused some scrutiny of whether the Secret Service is still dealing with the repercussions of its prior "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" policies, or DEI, in that former Director Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned in disgrace following last July's assassination attempt against President Donald Trump, had strongly pushed an effort to boost recruitment of female officers and agents, according to the Daily Caller.

Investigation and discipline

The Daily Caller reported that former Secret Service Agent Michael Matranga told the outlet, "After reviewing the footage and listening to the audio transmission of the incident, it appears there was a grievance between the two officers. Based on my initial observations, one officer appeared to be the aggressor, with a third individual attempting to separate them."

"I am confident in the leadership of the United States Secret Service at both the Agent and Uniformed Division levels, and I am certain that through a thorough investigation, disciplinary action will be taken -- as it should be," the former agent added. "Furthermore, I do not believe DEI has anything to do with this situation, but rather that it stems from a lack of personal discipline."

The prediction that disciplinary action would be taken turned out to be correct, as RCP's Crabtree shared a statement from a Secret Service spokesperson, who confirmed, "The individuals involved were suspended from duty, and this matter is the subject of an internal investigation."

"The Secret Service has a very strict code of conduct for all employees, and any behavior that violates that code is unacceptable," the spokesperson added. "Given this is a personnel matter, we are not in a position to comment further."

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