WASHINGTON — A Secret Service senior supervisor has reportedly been put on leave, and his security clearance has been suspended, after a woman who works for him accused him of assault at headquarters.
The Washington Post reports that Xavier Morales, a manager in the security clearance division, has been accused of grabbing and making unwanted sexual advances to a woman he manages on March 31 after they returned to headquarters following a party at a downtown restaurant to celebrate a new assignment for Morales — head of the Louisville field office.
Morales is accused of trying to kiss the woman, grabbing her arms when she resisted and scuffling with her.
Now, Morales, 48, who was in the security clearance division, is under investigation by the D.C. police and a government inspector general, the Post says. He is on indefinite administrative leave and his name is on an internal “do not admit” list. The Secret Service also took away his gun and badge, the Post says.
Morales was promoted to his current position when Director Joseph P. Clancy took over the job, promising reforms.
It’s another in a long line of incidents involving the Secret Service in recent months, including one in early March in which two agents heading back from a downtown bar drove into a white House bomb-threat investigation.
