Multiple military personnel have been removed from their positions in the White House after reportedly having “improper contact” with foreign women during President Donald Trump’s recent Asia tour, The Hill writes.
According to The Washington Post, three staffers, who belonged to the White House Communications Agency (WHCA), are being investigated for allegedly breaking curfew during Trump’s stop in Vietnam. Department of Defense spokesman Mark Wright told the Post that the incident is “currently under investigation.”
The WHCA is made up of former military service personnel and provides the president and other top administration officials with communications support. The service members could lose their security clearances or face a court-martial if found guilty of the improper contact, The Post adds.
In August, U.S. Army soldiers on Vice President Pence’s communications team were reassigned for violating curfew restrictions on Pence’s trip to Panama. The soldiers reportedly brought women back to their hotel rooms and didn’t register the women when they brought them into the building, The Hill adds. After that incident, the soldiers were subsequently brought back to the United States and removed from the White House detail.
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