{"id":2323387,"date":"2024-08-12T19:50:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T23:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agents-accused-of-breaking-into-salon-for-bathroom-during-kamala-harris-campaign-stop-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T19:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T23:55:57","slug":"federal-agents-accused-of-breaking-into-salon-for-bathroom-during-kamala-harris-campaign-stop-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agents-accused-of-breaking-into-salon-for-bathroom-during-kamala-harris-campaign-stop-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal agents accused of breaking into salon for bathroom during Kamala Harris campaign stop &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-agents-accused-of-breaking-into-salon-for-bathroom-during-kamala-harris-campaign-stop-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2323387&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A salon \u2064owner\u200d in \u200bMassachusetts, Alicia Powers, has\u200c accused federal agents of unlawfully entering her\u2062 salon to use the restroom during Vice President Kamala \u2064Harris&#8217;s campaign event. Powers\u200b reported that\u200c individuals she did not recognize broke into Four One Three Salon without permission. The specific law enforcement\u200c agency involved is\u2063 unclear, although local police \u200cstated \u2063they were not responsible.\u2064 Powers expressed feeling violated as the agents \u2064reportedly\u2063 covered a \u200csecurity camera with tape\u200d while using the facilities for over\u200c two hours and left the business \u200cunlocked. The U.S. Secret Service has since apologized \u200dand offered \u200bto cover any damages or costs.\u200d Powers noted that if they had asked for permission beforehand, she would have gladly accommodated them with refreshments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Federal agents accused of breaking into salon for bathroom during Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-double-standard-on-greenes-committee-removals-point-to-omar-remarks\/\" title=\"Republicans Call Double Standard on Greene\u2019s Committee Removals, Point to Omar Remarks\">campaign stop<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1717649\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/massachusetts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Massachusetts<\/a> salon owner is accusing federal agents of breaking into her business to use the bathroom during a fundraiser for Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">presidential campaign<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alicia Powers, owner of Four One Three Salon, said people she did not know or give access to entered her business and used the restroom during Harris&rsquo;s campaign stop. It is unclear which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">law enforcement agency<\/a> is responsible, as the Secret Service often works with regional and local police. However, the local police department said it was not them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Violated, disrespected, and I&rsquo;m just totally blown away that there wasn&rsquo;t permission granted or even asked to go into the bathroom,&rdquo; Powers told <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/ma\/worcester\/news\/2024\/08\/08\/pittsfield-salon-break-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Spectrum News 1 Worcester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the incident was caught on video, showing one of the agents covering up the camera, presumably with tape.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The U.S. Secret Service is apologizing to a Massachusetts salon owner after an agent covered her security camera with duct tape and broke into her salon by picking the lock so that its bathroom could be used by various people for a two-hour period.<\/p>\n<p>After the two-hour period,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s4qSFtebn0\">pic.twitter.com\/s4qSFtebn0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yashar Ali &#128024; (@yashar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1822446668333416826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Did I say that they were supposed to ask for permission? They were not supposed to tape it without my permission and really apologized up and down and did offer to do anything they could, with paying the alarm bill, having the salon cleaned, and just said that it&rsquo;s not the way that Secret Service does things,&rdquo; Powers said.<\/p>\n<p>The agents were reportedly using the bathroom for over two hours and left Powers&rsquo;s business unlocked at that time. Powers told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/secret-service-busted-salon-use-bathroom-owner-2024-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Business Insider<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;that if the agency had asked, she &ldquo;probably would&rsquo;ve opened the door and made them coffee and brought in donuts to make it a great afternoon for them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s event <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2024\/08\/12\/us\/massachusetts-hair-salon-harris-rally-break-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>was held<\/a> at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on July 27. The venue is next to Powers&rsquo;s salon. While no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, &#039;Trump is a Tyrant&#039; (VIDEO)\">federal agencies<\/a> have claimed responsibility for the event, and it is unclear at this time exactly who is responsible for the incident, the Secret Service released a statement saying they spoke with Powers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8203;&#8203;&ldquo;The U.S. Secret Service works closely with our partners in the business community to carry out our protective and investigative missions. The Secret Service has since communicated with the affected business owner. We hold these relationships in the highest regard and our personnel would not enter, or instruct our partners to enter, a business without the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-want-buyers-remorse-dont-get-an-electric-vehicle\/\" title=\"Avoid Buyer&#039;s Remorse: Think Twice Before Buying an Electric Vehicle\">owner&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s permission,&rdquo; Secret Service spokeswoman Melissa McKenzie said in a statement Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Since the presumed break-in, the Secret Service has <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/nation-world\/salon-owner-alleges-us-secret-service-used-her-restroom-without-consent-july-27-four-one-three-salon-kamala-harris-fundraiser-pittsfield-massachusetts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reportedly<\/a> offered to pay for the alarm company bill for that day and to have Powers&rsquo;s salon cleaned.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1717649\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1717649\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal agents are being accused of unlawfully entering a Massachusetts salon to use the restroom during a fundraising event for Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign. Alicia Powers, the owner of Four One Three Salon, reported that individuals she did not recognize entered her establishment and utilized the bathroom without her permission. It remains unclear which law enforcement agency was involved, as the Secret Service typically collaborates with local police; however, the local police department has stated they were not responsible. Powers expressed feeling violated and disrespected, noting her surprise that no one sought permission to enter. Video footage captured an agent attempting to cover a security camera with tape.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Secret Service has since apologized to Powers after an agent covered her security camera with duct tape and broke into her salon by picking the lock so multiple people could use the bathroom for over two hours. Following this incident, Powers mentioned that if they had asked for access, she would have gladly welcomed them in with coffee and donuts.<\/p>\n<p>The event took place at Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on July 27th, adjacent to Powers&#8217;s salon. While no federal agency has officially taken responsibility for this occurrence yet, a spokesperson from the Secret Service stated they have communicated with Powers regarding the situation and emphasized their commitment to maintaining good relationships within the business community while respecting property rights. The Secret Service also offered to cover costs related to alarm services on that day and arrange cleaning for Powers\u2019s salon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2323388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harris_Secret_Service_Protection_99.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37541,37941,32438,37942,32076],"class_list":["post-2323387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-stop","tag-federal-agents","tag-kamala-harris","tag-salon-break-in","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harris_Secret_Service_Protection_99.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}