Barack Obama coming inches away from an armed stranger in a Hollywood alleyway is the most recent gorgeous lapse of Secret Service safety — a completely surprising scene that performed out final weekend … TMZ has discovered.
The previous president was sitting within the again seat of his SUV Saturday round 7:30 PM exterior sizzling spot restaurant Mom Wolf — and that is when the armed man approached the car, in his capability as a safety guard for a bar mitzvah occurring upstairs from the restaurant.
We spoke to the armed guard — who requested us to not use his title — and he says he went downstairs to verify the scene, as a result of somebody instructed him it appeared federal brokers had been exterior, they usually did not know why.
He says he walked out within the alleyway from a staircase, appeared to his proper and noticed 2 males — who turned out to be Secret Service brokers — then appeared to his left and noticed a black SUV with Dept. of Homeland Safety plates.
He snapped a photograph, assuming it was some dignitary, however had no clue it was Obama till he bought nearer to the passenger aspect, and appeared into the backseat to seek out see the previous prez utilizing a laptop computer.
The guard says he panicked, realizing he was armed and could possibly be taken out by Secret Service at any second. So, he shortly walked away from the SUV, and out to the road the place he stated hi there to the brokers. He describes them as being startled to see him.
He rotated, walked previous Obama’s SUV once more, and walked again upstairs to the bar mitzvah. Then, about half-hour later, he says his boss requested him at hand over his credentials and his license to hold a hid weapon for the Secret Service.
All the pieces checked out, and everybody went again to their jobs at hand. Barack’s daughters Malia and Sasha joined him later for dinner at Mom Wolf — however, the safety guard says what occurred was “definitely a security lapse on their part that there was no one on the backside of SUV, nor covering the stairwell” … which he used to strategy the SUV.
He provides, he simply might have tried to open the door had he been somebody making an attempt to hurt Obama. As for the brokers’ actions that night time, he says, “I think they were obviously embarrassed by the situation.”
Clearly, this comes on the heels of the Secret Service coming underneath heavy scrutiny for two makes an attempt on former president Donald Trump‘s life inside just a few months.
We have reached out to the Secret Service concerning the Obama incident, however no phrase again but. Coincidentally, a Senate committee issued its ultimate report as we speak on the company’s failures in defending Trump — and now it might have extra explaining to do.
