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A female Secret Service agent who failed to secure the roof used by would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks when he opened fire on President Trump has been suspended again.
Myosoty “Miyo” Perez was one of a number of agents who failed to secure the roof of the AGR building, which allowed Crooks to take up position and open fire on Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trump was hit in the ear, and firefighter Corey Comperatore was killed.
In viral footage from the incident, Perez was seen fumbling with her weapon, as President Trump was shepherded away from the stage and into a vehicle.
Perez and five other Secret Service agents were suspended over their failures, but she returned to the job. Although she was not named in Congressional investigations into the Butler shooting, it was determined that she was too inexperienced to be placed in charge of security for an outdoor event of that size.
President Trump has also banned her from being part of his security detail.
Now it’s being reported she has been suspended again, after failing to disclose her marriage to a foreign national.
She is reported to have married a Brazilian woman in secret in April 2025, and did not notify the agency until January this year.
According to Real Clear Politics, “Former longtime Secret Service agents say the investigation and questions surrounding Perez’s relationship with the Brazilian foreign national and possible illegal immigrant raise serious questions about both the agency’s due diligence when it comes to potential insider threats and threats from foreign nationals and whether Perez has the judgment to remain an agent.
“There are strict rules requiring security holders to proactively self-report foreign contacts and significant life changes, including foreign travel, arrests, financial distress, and shifts in marital or cohabitation status, to a facility security officer at their respective agency. Failure to report these can lead to clearance suspension or revocation, a penalty that would prevent Secret Service agents from performing their duties.
“Perez in 2024 had notified the Secret Service of a foreign contact but agents question whether she followed up when the relationship became more serious and she and the Brazilian national started living together, eventually marrying last year, sources tell RealClearPolitics. Former Secret Service agents said the troubling scenario raises questions about whether Perez was harboring an illegal immigrant and trying to obtain a friend or love interest a green card while covering up the effort or at least failing to be forthcoming or transparent about it.”
There have been a number of high-profile cases in recent years where Secret Service agents have failed to disclose potentially dangerous ties to foreign nationals.
In 2012, a Secret Service agent committed suicide after failing to disclose a romantic relationship with a foreign national.
In 2018 it was revealed a Russian spy had been working for the Secret Service at the US embassy in Moscow for more than a decade.
