A Secret Service agent assigned to protect first lady Jill Biden is a witness in the case of two men accused of impersonating Homeland Security agents.
Highlights
- Two men charged with impersonating DHS agents “compromised” Secret Service personnel assigned to protect first lady Jill Biden and the White House, prosecutors say.
- Federal prosecutors ask a judge to hold the duo without bail.
- Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey: “This is not just two people dressing up for Halloween, your honor.
- This is very serious” Arian Taherzadeh admitted after his arrest that he had impersonated a DHS agent, a filing says.
- Both men are U.S.
- citizens, “pose a danger to the community based on their possession of firearms and other firearms,” prosecutors say in court filing.