The homeowner says the Secret Service on VP Harris' detail “walked into” his living room, used the bathroom and left without locking the door.

In addition to the US Secret Service liability issue, a salon owner offered video evidence of the vice president's detail entering his business to use it as a restroom.

“He told me that it couldn't be them; it's not what they do. They ask for permission.”

Days after becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris headed to Pittsfield, Mass., for her first fundraising event on July 27. It was on that day, two weeks after a Secret Service failure nearly cost former President Donald Trump his life, that the company's owner, Alicia Powers, said the agency had initially denied covering up the his alleged forced entry into his Four One Three salon.

“I'm the type of person who would have made them coffee and donuts if they'd asked me for permission,” she said. he said The Berkshire Eagle.

“Instead,” the outlet reported, “they recorded a security camera on the back porch, went into the living room, helped themselves to the bathroom, ate the mints on the counter and left without tidy up the bathroom or lock the exit door.”

Security footage from the business showed a woman in dark clothing standing near the front door with a roll of duct tape, looking at the camera and then walking away only to return, climb into a chair and obscure the camera's view with her ribbon Additional cameras showed people inside the business, helping themselves to candy on a plate and generally acting like they owned the place.

Powers had detailed that on the Tuesday before the event, an advance team had passed through the area and requested that his business, located behind the Colonial Theater where Harris eventually spoke, be closed on the day of the event.

“They had a bunch of people in and out of here doing a couple of bomb bars again; they totally understand what they have to do, because of the nature of the situation,” she. he said Business Insider.

However, after her planned vacation to Cape Cod was cut short by security alerts on Saturday, her effort to get answers from authorities was met with denials.

“From the communication I've heard from EMS workers, someone in black was telling them to come in and use the bathroom all afternoon,” Powers told the Eagle. When Pittsfield police confirmed that none of their people had used the bathroom, they contacted the Secret Service office in New York.

“He told me that it couldn't be them; it's not what they do. They ask permission,” he recalled. “And he ended the conversation by saying to me, 'Do you think we should deal with this right now with what we're going through?' And my response was, 'Sir, I'm not trying to be rude , but I don't deserve to deal with it right now either.”

Spokeswoman Melissa McKenzie, speaking on behalf of the Secret Service, which was already under scrutiny for not being held accountable for failing to stop an assassination attempt that came inches from killing Trump as he tragically removed his life to a supporter. he said iBerkshires, in part, “The Secret Service has since communicated with the owner of the affected business.”

“We hold these relationships in the highest regard and our staff would not enter or instruct our associates to enter a business without the owner's permission,” the statement continued.

Meanwhile, Powers reported to the Eagle that after speaking with the Boston office of the Secret Service, the agency offered to pay to clean the salon, pay for any damages and pay the alarm bill “because had been off for so long.”

“I was happy with his apology. It's a bit of a responsibility. Again, I didn't want to do anything,” he explained.

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A native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College, where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and seeker of truth, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and dog, and when he's not researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel the

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