The Secret Service Scandal of 2014 is not new: two years ago, in 2012, nearly two dozen Secret Service workers were fired from their jobs following a prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, while the White House denied having known anything about the details. However, the Secret Service Scandal in 2014 shows proof that not only did the White House know, but also the release of the information regarding the case was internally delayed until after the elections.
In regards of the Secret Service Scandal of 2014, the Washington Post reveals that new information has come up in regards to the case, from government documents and interviews shows: it seems White House senior aids knew all about the fact that a presidential advance-team member had had a prostitute as a guest member in his hotel room.
The Secret Service Scandal of 2014 includes reports that back when the prostitute was first received as a hotel guest, the Secret Service provided intelligence to the White House about it, like hotel records and firsthand accounts. It turns out that the Secret Service had provided the White House with this information not once but twice in the weeks after the scandal. Due to this intel, the presidential aides conducted interviews with the advance-team member, each time concluding he had done nothing wrong.
The entire incident happened in Cartagena, Colombia, during president Obama's visit to the South American country in regards of the Summit of the Americas, a gathering of 33 of the hemisphere's 35 leaders to discuss economic policy and trade.
In pure House of Cards fashion, the Secret Service Scandal of 2014 has identified the advance-team member as Jonathan Dach, who was then a 25 year-old Yale Law School student and volunteer for the White House. However, Dach has denied claims he was the one responsible - just as the White House denied knowing anything about the scandal at the time.
Prostitution is legal in parts of Colombia, including the city of Cartagena, where the events took place.
