Letter to Chad Wolf, Secretary of Homeland Security, and James Murray, Director of the United States Secret Service - Norton Issues Second Demand for Answers from Secret Service About the Treatment of Two Women and Their Children on National Mall

Letter

Dear Acting Secretary Wolf and Director Murray:

I write to follow up on the letter I sent to you on August 4, 2020, in which I raised serious concerns, including possible constitutional violations, regarding the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division's arrest of two women, India Johnson and Yasmeen Winston, on the National Mall while they were with their young children. I asked for your response to six questions by August 11, 2020. I have not yet received a response to the questions.

Your staff sent your press release on the arrests to my staff, but this does not come close to responding to questions asked by a Member of Congress. Merely stating in a press release that the claims that have been "portrayed in the media and by others are misleading, and in some instances, false," does not clarify what actually happened and is not an adequate response to an inquiry from a Member of Congress.

Given the importance of this issue, I ask that you provide a written response to the six questions I asked in my August 4, 2020, letter by August 17, 2020

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