{"id":6770,"date":"2018-11-16T09:50:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T09:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=6770"},"modified":"2020-01-14T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T14:19:08","slug":"secret-services-vacates-trump-tower-over-lease-dispute-august-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/secret-services-vacates-trump-tower-over-lease-dispute-august-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Services Vacates Trump Tower over Lease Dispute, August 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/secret-service-vacates-trump-tower-command-post-in-lease-dispute-with-presidents-company\/2017\/08\/03\/7338de16-785d-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html?utm_term=.efa470690026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>The Secret Service has vacated its command post inside Trump Tower in Manhattan following a dispute between the government and President Trump\u2019s company over the terms of a lease for the space, according to two people familiar with the discussions.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Previously, the Secret Service had stationed its command post \u2014 which houses supervisors and backup agents on standby in case of an emergency \u2014 in a Trump Tower unit one floor below the president\u2019s apartment.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>But in early July, the post was relocated to a trailer on the sidewalk, more than 50 floors below, a distance that some security experts worry could hamper the agency that protects the president\u2019s home and family.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>The command post appears unlikely to move anytime soon back inside Trump Tower, where the president and his family have rarely gone since moving to the White House. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/secret-service-vacates-trump-tower-command-post-in-lease-dispute-with-presidents-company\/2017\/08\/03\/7338de16-785d-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html?utm_term=.efa470690026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Continue Reading)<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In August of 2017, I filed FOIA requests to uncover some of the behind the scenes information that was circulating. Below, you will find the documents so far received.<\/p>\n<h3>Document Archive<\/h3>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/gsa\/trumptower-gsa1.pdf\">GSA Documents, Released August 2018<\/a> [16 Pages, 26MB]<\/h4>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/usss\/trumptowervacate-secretservice.pdf\">Secret Service Documents, Released November 2018<\/a> [236 Pages, 17.5MB]<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Photo Credit:\u00a0John Taggart\/ for The Washington Post to coincide with the excerpt above. All copyrights owned by their respective owners, and are used here for reference.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background According to the Washington Post: The Secret Service has vacated its command post inside Trump Tower in Manhattan following a dispute between the government and President Trump\u2019s company over the terms of a lease for the space, according to two people familiar with the discussions. 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