‘No money’: Whistleblowers allege lack of Secret Service funds, delayed payments, top senator reveals

New whistleblower filings allege Secret Service failure to provide funding for National Security “jump teams” and their travel to support campaign security efforts ahead of election of November

An email sent on Sept. 26 read, “Subject: Jump Team ‐ Out of Money,” according to a record obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and his oversight team.

The Department of Homeland Security’s investigative unit jump team provides “a mechanism for making connections between mission support and the front line,” according to the DHS website.

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Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, left, and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Reuters)

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), an agency of DHS, is responsible for addressing global threats.

“Jump team members are responsible for helping solve immediate problems, guiding how funds are allocated, and helping develop solutions to provide the most effective support to our front lines,” the DHS website added .

In the wake of two separate assassination attempts against former President Trump, who is currently campaigning for re-election, jump teams have been deployed to assist the US Secret Service.

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However, documents provided to Grassley’s office through legally protected whistleblower disclosures show that fears of unpreparedness and mismanagement at DHS and the Secret Service may still be true, despite efforts to increase security .

“Please do not send or resend the Jump Team authorizations. There are only $33 online right now,” DHS officials told HSI agents on Sept. 9, according to Grassley. The senator’s office pointed to that email as an example of how far the funds had fallen.

On September 26, agents were informed: “We will not receive any more money for Jump Team this year.”

The email instructed agents not to use the usual methods of spending items, setting out a process for what to do.

“If by some miracle money is added, you will be notified immediately,” the email continued.

“The Secret Service has a mission-critical, no-fail protection mission to perform. Based on whistleblowers’ protected disclosures, it neglected to transfer sufficient funds for HSI to reimburse its agents, calling into question the ability of the agency to manage federal resources and raising serious concerns,” Grassley said in a statement. “Congress and the American people have witnessed too many shortfalls in the Secret Service in recent months: they deserve answers, and it is Congress’ job to bring transparency and accountability.“

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Senator Chuck Grassley and Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe (Reuters)

In the September 26 email from a DHS official, they revealed that “as of last night we had over $371,000 in Jump Team Fail clearances.”

According to Grassley’s office and the documents it has obtained, the agents are required to pay expenses that the agency cannot cover. The senator noted that this would be a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act, which prohibits agencies from obligating or spending federal funds before they are appropriated.

Reimbursements to agents are also apparently being delayed and employees are left with uncertainty over their pay.

In a letter Wednesday to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe; Patrick Lechleitner, the deputy director and senior acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and Katrina Berger, HSI’s executive associate director, Grassley described that “HSI agents are deployed, usually on very short notice, across the country in jump teams anywhere from a few days to several weeks , several times throughout the year.”

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“Whistleblowers’ disclosures further show that in some cases HSI agents have had to pay their own travel expenses, including flights, meals, rental cars and hotels, and other incidentals because HSI has delayed reimbursing agents for costs owed to the Secret Service by not transferring funds to HSI.”

“If you have an explanation to add context to these emails, welcome,” he told the leaders.

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Grassley requested additional information from the department and agencies, including documentation about HSI’s finances and its jump teams.

Neither the Secret Service nor Homeland Security had immediate comment to Fox News Digital.