Two Secret Service employees have been sent home from Seoul, South Korea, and placed on administrative leave after an off-duty incident in which one of the two had a physical 'altercation' with a local taxi driver.
Two Secret Service employees have been sent home from Seoul, South Korea, and placed on administrative leave after an off-duty incident in which one of the two had a physical"altercation" with a local taxi driver, sources familiar with the situation tell CBS News.
But after police interviewed the Secret Service employees, it was determined they should be sent home. The employees were sent back to the U.S. on a plane that departed at 4 p.m. local time in Seoul, less than an hour-and-a-half before Mr. Biden was scheduled to arrive. The two were immediately placed on administrative leave, sources tell CBS News.
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