Aide warned top security agent of possible risk to Pence before Jan. 6: report

An aide to former Vice President Mike Pence warned a U.S. Secret Service agent of his concerns for Pence’s safety in advance of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection last year, according to a report from The New York Times. The Times’ Maggie Haberman reported Friday that Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, called the former vice president’s head Secret Service agent to his office the day before hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol to try to prevent Congress from ce