Secret Service under fire for breaking into local salon ahead of Kamala Harris’s campaign event

The Secret Service has come under fire for breaking into a local salon ahead of a major Kamala Harris campaign event last month.

Businesswoman Alicia Powers said she was left feeling “violated” after a Secret Service agent was filmed covering up one of the salon’s security cameras with tape, broke into the business and allegedly allowed people to use the bathroom without her permission.

The incident took place on July 27 when the vice president was speaking at a fundraiser at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, Massachusetts – Harris’s first major in-person fundraiser since she launched her presidential campaign. Organizers said that Harris raked in over $1.4m for her campaign from the event.

The performing arts space is located behind Powers’ Four One Three salon.

Powers told Business Insider that she had decided to close her business that Saturday due to the heavy security surrounding the campaign event, but when she returned the salon was unlocked.

When she checked a security camera inside, she saw several people using the bathroom.

Footage shows a Secret Service agent climbing on a chair and placing duct tape over an external security camera, while a second camera inside captured multiple people, two wearing medical uniform, entering the premises.

“They had a bunch of people in and out of here doing a couple of bomb sweeps again — totally understand what they have to do, due to the nature of the situation,” said Powers.

“And at that point, my team felt like it was a little bit chaotic, and we just made the decision to close for the Saturday.”

“There were several people in and out for about an hour and a-half just using my bathroom, the alarms going off, using my counter, with no permission,” Powers added.

“And