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Secret Service Employee Put on Leave Over Charlie Kirk ‘Karma’ Post

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The agency said it “will not tolerate” behavior breaking its code of conduct.

Founder and president of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks
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A Secret Service employee has been put on leave after posting about “karma” in relation to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. According to the New York Post, Anthony Pough wrote on Facebook, “If you are Mourning [sic] this guy .. delete me. He spewed hate and racism on his show.” Pough had also shared a clip of Kirk—who was fatally shot during an appearance at Utah Valley University—suggesting that Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Democratic former congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and others were “affirmative action picks,” according to the Post. “At the end of the day, you answer to GOD and speak things into existence. You can only circumvent karma, she doesnt [sic] leave,” Pough added. A Secret Service spokesperson told the Post: “The U.S. Secret Service will not tolerate any behavior which violates our code of conduct. We are aware of the employee’s social media post from today, and the individual has been placed on administrative leave as we investigate the matter.”

Read it at New York Post