WASHINGTON — A U.S. Secret Service agent whose identify figured prominently in testimony earlier than the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 revolt has retired from the company.
Tony Ornato retired Monday after 25 years with the Secret Service “in good standing,” a spokesman mentioned.
It wasn’t instantly clear what prompted the transfer.
Ornato’s time within the element beneath President Donald Trump got here into the highlight throughout the Jan. 6 hearings, that are wanting into the circumstances surrounding the storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters.
Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified beneath oath that Ornato informed her on the day of the revolt that Trump exploded at Secret Service brokers who refused to take him from a rally close to the White House to the Capitol to hitch protesters and that he lunged for the steering wheel of his armored automobile.
People near Ornato later anonymously disputed the account, however not beneath oath. He has not answered questions on it publicly.
The House Committee investigating Capitol revolt had no remark Monday night time, a spokesman, Tim Mulvey, mentioned.
Ornato as soon as led Trump’s Secret Service element earlier than transferring to the White House to function deputy chief of workers. He later returned to the service as an assistant director in control of coaching.
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