Since its founding, presidents, vice presidents, and other senior officials have depended on the United States Secret Service for protection—period. The job isn’t about politics, personal feelings, or ideological fashion. For the most part, the Secret Service has understood that and done its duty. That’s not optional; it’s the baseline. An institution charged with safeguarding the nation’s leaders must operate with discipline, neutrality, and professionalism, or it has no business existing at all.
So when an agent betrays that trust, the offense is especially contemptible. And that appears to be exactly what James O’Keefe has exposed: a Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance who allegedly leaked sensitive information about the vice president’s travel, the composition of his protective detail, and other highly sensitive operational details:
BREAKING: U.S. Secret Service Agent Assigned to VP JD Vance Leaks Sensitive Security Information to Undercover Reporter.
Escotto is a holdover from the Biden administration and stated that he voted for Joe Biden, while expressing opposition to ICE & the Trump administration’s… pic.twitter.com/AyAjrt3XY4
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) January 13, 2026
It’s a long post by O’Keefe, but I’ll list some key points:
Tomas Escotto, a current U.S. Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, was recorded on hidden camera providing an undercover journalist with sensitive security information, including protective formations, shift schedules, travel plans, & real-time locations.
Here’s more:
The Secret Service agent detailed how the Vice President is physically surrounded, described multiple daily shift changes, & disclosed advance security procedures.
In addition to past movements, the agent revealed future travel plans, sometimes days in advance. Escotto even sent images from Air Force Two while onboard with the Vice President.
Despite acknowledging that he signed paperwork prohibiting the disclosure of sensitive information, the Secret Service agent repeatedly shared details with someone he believed was a casual romantic interest.
“A casual romantic interest” – as in, a honey trap. That’s Counterintelligence Operations 101.
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The only saving grace here is that Escotto apparently handed this information to an American journalist, not a Chinese or Iranian intelligence operative. We know—beyond any reasonable doubt—that China routinely uses honey traps to compromise careless, naïve American officials. And despite Tehran’s public posturing and cultural hypocrisy, it would be foolish to assume Iran wouldn’t do the same if the opportunity presented itself. Now consider the obvious question: what could a hostile power do with detailed knowledge of the vice president’s schedule, movements, and security layout?
An ordinary breach of trust is serious enough. But if these allegations are true, this is something far worse. This is a failure at the highest possible level—by an agent entrusted with the lives of the nation’s top elected officials and everyone around them. These are individuals sworn to place themselves in harm’s way without hesitation, to take a bullet if necessary to protect their principal. When someone in that position leaks sensitive information, it isn’t a mistake or a lapse in judgment. It’s a fundamental violation of duty.
Call it what it is: not just betrayal, but treachery.
And while Tomas Escotto is entitled to the presumption of innocence and full due process, as every American is, if these allegations are proven, the consequences should be swift, severe, and unmistakable.
