Newly released records obtained by Judicial Watch reveal shocking details surrounding the tragic death of Tafari Campbell, the Obama family’s former personal chef.
Back in July, Tafari Campbell drowned while paddle boarding at Great Edgartown Pond on Martha’s Vineyard.
Of course, a rescue attempt was made, but come to find out, the Secret Service rescue boats were inoperable during the emergency!
How convenient.
Take a look:
BREAKING: Newly released records show that when Secret Service agents rushed to try to rescue Obama’s chef Tafari Campbell, who was drowning, both of the agency's boats were inoperable. The agents had to borrow the groundskeeper's boat. A Secrete Service report describes how two… https://t.co/XyMzHgIRjJ
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) December 13, 2023
“It is disturbing that Secret Service boats did not work for this emergency situation. This new information perhaps explains why the Secret Service is still hiding video related to the tragic drowning.” https://t.co/8xJTHwEH9e https://t.co/xjvz32JSsF
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) December 12, 2023
Here’s more, from the official Judicial Watch statement about the new, revealing documents:
Judicial Watch announced today that it received 31 pages of records in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit from the Department of Homeland Security that show the identity of the companion of Obama’s chef Tafari Campbell as a woman named “Ms. Taylor,” who reported that “[Campbell] fell in the water and struggled for a couple of seconds before giving up and sinking underwater.”
The records also show that the Secret Service could not get the first two boats they tried to use to search for Campbell to function and had to use the groundskeeper’s boat. Also, at least one, and possibly multiple, agents from the Secret Service’s Little Rock, Ark., office were involved in the search for Campbell’s body.
The records were obtained in response to an October 25, 2023, FOIA lawsuit against the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after it failed to respond to an August request for Secret Service video recordings and other records relating to the death of the Obamas’ personal chef, Tafari Campbell, in July 2023 in the Edgartown Great Pond behind the Obamas’ estate on Martha’s Vineyard (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security(No. 1:23-cv-03194)).
Our friends over at the Gateway Pundit has this to say about Campbell’s “accidental drowning”:
According to witness accounts, without a life jacket and wasn’t tethered to his board, Campbell lost his balance and fell off his paddleboard into the water. Desperately struggling to stay afloat, he eventually slipped beneath the surface, never to resurface again.
Campbell, who could swim as evidenced by a video he’d previously posted, was found in eight-deep water.
According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Massachusetts, the official cause of his death was ruled as an accidental drowning. No signs of external trauma were found on his body, as confirmed by Timothy McGuirk, a spokesman for the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
On Tuesday, Documents obtained by Judicial Watch through a FOIA lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security uncovered that the Secret Service encountered crucial issues deploying their boats to aid Campbell.
What do you think?
Was foul play involved?
Yeah, that’s normal! The Secret Service always has equipment to save a presidents life that is inoperable? Sure, I can buy that, how about you? This is another we couldn’t get prints off a baggie full of cocaine deal, right?
Secret Service Boats Were Inoperable During Rescue…
— Dmturk (@abledanm) December 13, 2023
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