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[00:00:00] Can I see your badge again with your [00:00:02] photo? You're so cute. [00:00:06] >> A current Secret Service agent on Vice [00:00:08] President JD Vance's security detail. [00:00:11] >> When he's like walking like where are [00:00:13] you? [00:00:14] >> We'll have at least [00:00:18] >> gives away vital highlevel security [00:00:20] information to our undercover [00:00:22] journalist. We have different shirts. [00:00:28] >> Tells her about detailed future travel [00:00:31] plans for the vice president and even [00:00:32] sends her pictures with location [00:00:34] metadata revealing where the president's [00:00:36] convoy was located, potentially [00:00:38] violating both the Secret Service NDA [00:00:41] and United States federal law. Tomas is [00:00:43] fully aware of this. Quote, "I signed [00:00:46] paperwork, so if I don't have to get out [00:00:48] information, I never do, otherwise I get [00:00:51] in trouble." You really have to stand in [00:00:53] awe of the lack of self-awareness. [00:00:55] >> There ain't no secret secret about what [00:00:57] we do. [00:00:58] >> Tomas Escato also reveals that he voted [00:01:01] for Biden and that he hates Trump and [00:01:03] Vance's immigration policies. [00:01:05] >> Did you vote for Biden? [00:01:07] >> Yeah, I did actually. [00:01:08] >> What do you think about like all the ICE [00:01:10] stuff going on? [00:01:11] >> Yeah, I hear that [00:01:13] >> They're employing taxes. I should have [00:01:15] been employed. You may have seen reports [00:01:17] last week that someone attempted to [00:01:19] break into Vice President JD Vance's [00:01:21] home in Ohio. That incident prompted us [00:01:24] to take a closer look. What we found in [00:01:26] our investigation was an agent inside [00:01:29] the vice president's detail who is [00:01:31] actually revealing to a total stranger [00:01:33] that the vice president will be visiting [00:01:35] his home in Ohio days ahead of time. And [00:01:38] while what you're about to see is an [00:01:39] important story, the security of the [00:01:41] vice president and his family is our top [00:01:44] priority. Now, under normal [00:01:45] circumstances, our editorial policy is [00:01:48] to request comment a day or two before a [00:01:50] report airs. But in this case, we [00:01:52] contacted the Secret Service a full week [00:01:54] in advance of this report to ensure that [00:01:57] nothing we report here would compromise [00:01:59] the vice president's safety in any way. [00:02:02] But even with those precautions, what we [00:02:04] uncovered is troubling. And we felt this [00:02:07] is important for you all to see. We hope [00:02:09] that bringing this to light strengthens [00:02:11] security and helps prevent future [00:02:13] vulnerabilities in our government. [00:02:15] >> Can I see your badge again with your [00:02:18] photo? [00:02:19] >> You said you were training. It was your [00:02:22] training. [00:02:23] >> Yeah, that was like four years ago. [00:02:25] >> You're so cute. [00:02:28] >> We met Thomas on the dating app Tinder [00:02:30] in October of 2025. The Secret Service [00:02:32] agent is a holdover from the Biden [00:02:34] administration. He was actually [00:02:36] originally tasked with protecting Camala [00:02:38] Harris and Doug Mhof. In fact, he sent [00:02:40] us this image from a Christmas party in [00:02:42] December of 2024. There he is with [00:02:45] Camala Harris. [00:02:46] >> How did you get picked to do like vice [00:02:49] president? [00:02:50] >> Not by choice. It's just they talked to [00:02:52] you. They know like, "Hey, eventually [00:02:54] you're going to have to go down to DC." [00:02:56] >> Okay. [00:02:57] >> All roads lead to DC. [00:03:00] So you can go over the president's [00:03:01] detail, the vice president's detail, uh [00:03:03] what we call counter surveillance [00:03:05] division. So that's undercover sub. [00:03:07] >> Note the irony. He's talking about [00:03:09] undercover counter surveillance to a [00:03:11] journalist wearing a hidden camera. [00:03:13] Tomas Escato is often directly involved [00:03:16] in the vice president's transportation [00:03:18] to and from his residence at the Naval [00:03:20] Observatory, surveillance of the vice [00:03:22] president's residence, and even [00:03:24] protecting Vance's wife, Usha Vance, and [00:03:27] their children. Here he complains again [00:03:29] to a total stranger he just met about [00:03:32] his assignment involving JD Vance's [00:03:35] children. [00:03:35] >> So what are his kids like? [00:03:39] >> Oh [00:03:39] >> yeah, we we follow them everywhere. [00:03:41] There's a 247 there [00:03:45] like babysitter. [00:03:48] It's a weird a weird one that we always [00:03:50] talk about like what the is this? [00:03:53] You can't do nothing. [00:03:54] >> Oh, you can't do anything. Tomas [00:03:57] proceeds to give her undercover [00:03:58] journalist detailed info with pictures [00:04:02] about the specific methods used to [00:04:03] transport and protect the vice [00:04:05] president. It even tells her some exact [00:04:07] times of shift changes on the Secret [00:04:10] Service schedule. [00:04:11] >> So like when he's like walking like [00:04:13] where are you? [00:04:15] >> Just following [00:04:17] a group of us. [00:04:21] We'll have a lease head in now that I'm [00:04:25] on the vice president is actually [00:04:27] detailed different because we have shift [00:04:35] >> via text. JD Vance's Secret Service [00:04:38] agent informs the stranger when he has [00:04:40] picked up JD Vance's wife and even [00:04:44] mentions that he and Vance are currently [00:04:46] at [00:04:48] Tomas even sends a selfie from inside a [00:04:54] JD Vance's residence at the Naval [00:04:56] Observatory. It's basically a secure [00:04:59] location while the Secret Service is [00:05:02] surveilling the vice president's home. [00:05:04] The Wall-E is supposed to be guarding [00:05:06] the vice president's property. Tomas is [00:05:08] busy snapping selfies, texting our [00:05:11] journalist. Now, here's a picture that [00:05:12] Tomas sent us taking off from Joint Base [00:05:15] Andrews Air Force Base. You see the [00:05:17] convoy vehicle going into the airplane, [00:05:19] and some of these photos even had [00:05:21] location metadata baked in the photos. [00:05:26] It's worth mentioning that these [00:05:27] pictures were taken a few months prior [00:05:29] to sending them to our journalist. While [00:05:31] they didn't give away the vice [00:05:32] president's location in real time, they [00:05:34] did give away certain routes that were [00:05:35] used and the number of vehicles in the [00:05:38] convoy information which could be used [00:05:40] in the future. This is a photo Tomas [00:05:42] sent us from King Khaled International [00:05:44] Airport in Saudi Arabia. Here's a photo [00:05:47] sent us loading the convoy into an [00:05:49] aircraft at Munich airport in Germany [00:05:51] where Vice President Vance gave a speech [00:05:54] to the Munich Security Council. Again, [00:05:56] metadata there on the photo. Another [00:05:58] image revealing the exact location at [00:06:01] the presidential helicopter at JFK in [00:06:05] New York. And we think perhaps most [00:06:07] significant, he revealed the location [00:06:09] where President Trump's convoy was [00:06:11] driving through Emirates Palace in Abu [00:06:13] Dhabi May 2025. This convoy was [00:06:16] transporting President Trump for a state [00:06:18] visit with the UAE President Shik [00:06:20] Muhammad bin Zahed al- Nayan. These [00:06:23] photos are from Tomas Escodto's time [00:06:26] during the Secret Service shot from his [00:06:28] personal iPhone, his personal phone [00:06:33] dating back to May while on duty [00:06:35] protecting the vice president and [00:06:37] president. And all of this was sent to [00:06:38] our undercover journalist. The Secret [00:06:40] Service agent even goes on to detail [00:06:42] recent visits to Minnesota, Tennessee, [00:06:45] specifies that the Secret Service team [00:06:47] was on location [00:06:50] as per the procedure. went to Minnesota [00:06:53] last week. [00:06:54] >> Okay. [00:06:56] >> So, we sent out a team ahead of time in [00:06:58] 40 days ahead of time. [00:07:01] >> So, they do the security that [00:07:04] depend on what it is, you know, with the [00:07:08] field office [00:07:12] and any other federal law [00:07:15] doing [00:07:18] where you're going to be at the airport. [00:07:21] the route from each place he's going to. [00:07:28] >> Yeah, that's pretty much it. If he's [00:07:29] staying in a hotel, then we have someone [00:07:30] else that we're going to have to set [00:07:32] that up. [00:07:32] >> Oh my god. [00:07:33] >> Before the trip to Tennessee, the Secret [00:07:34] Service agent also texts our journalist [00:07:36] informing her which plane the vice [00:07:38] president will be traveling in and when [00:07:40] they plan to depart. He even texts her [00:07:42] an image of himself in the plane, [00:07:44] notifying her that he is on board with [00:07:47] the VP. And even worse, Escato continues [00:07:51] to detail Vance's future travel plans, [00:07:54] revealing at the time that Vance will be [00:07:55] visiting his home in Ohio for 4 to 5 [00:07:57] days and then will be visiting Florida [00:07:59] for one night. Now, this is potentially [00:08:01] a violation of the non-disclosure [00:08:03] agreement that Tomas would have signed [00:08:05] when joining the Secret Service, which [00:08:07] states, quote, "The unauthorized [00:08:09] disclosure, unauthorized retention, or [00:08:11] negligent handling of classified [00:08:13] information by me could damage or reply [00:08:16] be injury to the United States or could [00:08:18] be used to advantage by a foreign [00:08:19] nation. I hereby agree that I will never [00:08:21] divulge classified information to [00:08:23] anyone," unquote, and it may also be a [00:08:26] violation of federal law. 18 US Code [00:08:28] 793, gathering, transmitting, or losing [00:08:31] defense information. Now, in some [00:08:33] section D, it states, "Lawfully having [00:08:35] possession of photographs related to [00:08:37] national defense and communicating or [00:08:39] transmitting them to any person not [00:08:42] entitled to receive them shall be fined [00:08:44] or imprisoned, not more than 10 years or [00:08:47] both." It's important to note that the [00:08:49] Secret Service could not confirm that [00:08:51] the behavior exhibited by Tomas violates [00:08:53] these laws, but they did say they are [00:08:56] potential violations of the United [00:08:57] States Secret Service code of conduct. [00:09:00] Tomas is fully aware of this, as he [00:09:02] mentions in one text to our journalist, [00:09:04] quote, "I signed paperwork, so if I [00:09:07] don't have to give out information, I [00:09:09] never do, otherwise I get in trouble." [00:09:12] You really have to stand in awe of the [00:09:14] lack of self-awareness. All of what I [00:09:16] just showed you is ironic because Escato [00:09:18] has already given our journalist [00:09:20] information about protective formations, [00:09:22] times of shift changes, locations and [00:09:24] times of travel, and even pictures of [00:09:25] vice president convoys with location [00:09:28] data. There is one more aspect to this [00:09:31] interaction that caught our attention. [00:09:33] Tomas reveals to our undercover that he [00:09:36] voted for Biden. [00:09:37] >> Did you vote for Biden? [00:09:40] >> Yes, I did actually. [00:09:45] 20. [00:09:46] >> 2020. Yeah. [00:09:47] >> Yeah. [00:09:48] >> Yeah. [00:09:48] >> Yeah. I did too. [00:09:49] >> That was the first time I was able to. [00:09:51] >> Really? [00:09:52] >> I wasn't a citizen. [00:09:53] >> Wow. [00:09:54] >> I got my citizenship in 2018. [00:09:56] >> If Tomas got his citizenship in 2018, [00:09:58] he's been a Secret Service agent for 5 [00:10:00] years. [00:10:01] >> How long have you been as a Secret [00:10:03] Service? [00:10:03] >> 5 years. [00:10:04] >> 5 years. Okay. [00:10:06] >> And that means he was placed into duty [00:10:07] with the Secret Service after about 2 [00:10:10] years of citizenship in America. Tomas [00:10:12] also goes on to reveal that he hates [00:10:14] President Trump and Vice President [00:10:16] Vance's immigration policies. [00:10:18] >> What do you think about like all the ICE [00:10:19] stuff going on? [00:10:21] >> I don't like that. [00:10:22] >> It's really sad. [00:10:24] >> I don't understand why. [00:10:26] >> I don't agree with that at all. [00:10:29] At the end of the day, we're public [00:10:30] servants. [00:10:31] >> Sure. [00:10:34] >> They were allowed to see our face. [00:10:36] >> Yeah. [00:10:37] >> They know how secret about what we do. [00:10:40] But why they're doing that, I have no [00:10:41] idea. Um, [00:10:44] they got stopped with that stuff. [00:10:45] >> Yeah, it's terribly sad. [00:10:47] >> But no, that is actually a sad thing. I [00:10:49] hear that [00:10:50] >> Yeah, they're employing taxes that [00:10:52] shouldn't be. [00:10:53] >> Now, there Tomas is actually allowed to [00:10:56] express his opinions. It's his first [00:10:58] amendment right. If he was only doing [00:11:00] that, this wouldn't be a story. And we [00:11:02] thought it was important to include that [00:11:04] because it might provide some clues or [00:11:06] context as to why he was displaying this [00:11:10] behavior. Whether Tomas is merely [00:11:12] inexperienced and loose- lipped, [00:11:14] intentionally sabotaging the vice [00:11:15] president's security, or just plain [00:11:18] stupid, well, that's unclear. But what's [00:11:20] certain is this should not be happening [00:11:22] inside our Secret Service, particularly [00:11:24] after the serious security lapses in [00:11:26] 2024 that led to the head of the Secret [00:11:28] Service resigning after what happened in [00:11:30] Butler, Pennsylvania. And why do we [00:11:32] think this is an important story? Well, [00:11:34] most importantly is the protection and [00:11:36] the security of the vice president of [00:11:38] the United States. And we hope this [00:11:40] story leads to better security and [00:11:43] better protection than what we're seeing [00:11:46] here. We're confident that it will. We [00:11:48] hope it sends a shockwave through the [00:11:51] Secret Service that deters bad actors [00:11:54] and unprofessionalism in a way that for [00:11:56] example Inspector General never could. 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