A Secret Service Rapid Response to Jimmy Carter
A former Secret Service agent reported a time when President Jimmy Carter was using the restroom and pushed a button that he thought would flush the toilet. It actually was a panic button.
“I rushed in, practically knocked the bathroom door down, my hand on my gun,” the agent recalled. “There he was, zipping up his pants.”
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