Military Staffers On Trump's Asia Visit Investigated For Improper Conduct With Women

Three military staff members who were on tour with President Donald Trump during his recent Asia visit have been reassigned after allegations of improper contact with foreign women against them, reports said.

According to a Washington Post report which quoted officials familiar with the situation, the three members were part of the White House Communications Agency, a military segment which provides secure communication lines for the president and other government officials.

The officials stated the three members the curfew while in Vietnam, and their actions are now being carefully inspected by the military.

“We are aware of the incident, and it is currently under investigation,” said Mark Wright, a spokesman of the Defense Department.

If the three members are found guilty, they might be subjected to court martial or administrative discipline along with possibly losing their security clearances.

The incident is reminiscent of another that happened in August, when members from Vice President Mike Pence’s communication team were caught on camera bringing women back to their hotel in Panama.

According to a NBC report from August, defense officials said that the members involved were both from the Army and the Air Force and that they didn’t register the women when they brought them inside the hotel, whose surveillance cameras caught the involved men bringing the women into the secured area.

“We are aware of the incident and it is currently under investigation,” Air Force spokesman Col. Patrick S. Ryder said then. He added, “We can confirm that the individuals in question have been reassigned back to the Army and Air Force.”

The report also stated that Pence’s staff knew about the problem before Pence left from the U.S.

According to officials, the accused, who were senior members of the service were sent back to the U.S. and they were then removed from their respective White House positions.

However the report did not clarify that the women who were brought in were prostitutes like the case which happened in 2012.

According to a Guardian article in April 2012, 12 members of the U.S. Secret Service were accused of prostitution in Colombia.

The incident happened when the U.S. security services were preparing for former President Barack Obama’s visit to Cartagena, Colombia. A statement by the Secret Service spokesman said that there had been allegations of misconduct against the secret service men, but did not give any exact account of what the suspected activity of misconduct was.

The statement added, “Because of this, those personnel are being relieved of their assignments, returned to their place of duty, and are being replaced by other secret service personnel. The secret service takes all allegations of misconduct seriously.”