Donald Trump Jr.'s ex-wife and Tiffany Trump became 'inappropriately close' to Secret Service agents, new book says

• A new book says Trump family members got "inappropriately" close with Secret Service agents.
• Vanessa Trump dated a Secret Service agent, Washington Post reporter Carol D. Leonnig wrote in her book.
• The book also says Tiffany Trump spent a lot of time alone with an agent after a breakup.
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Vanessa and Tiffany Trump became "inappropriately - and perhaps dangerously - close" to Secret Service agents assigned to protect them when former President Donald Trump was still commander-in-chief, according to a new book from Washington Post reporter Carol D. Leonnig, a copy of which was obtained by The Guardian.

Vanessa, Donald Trump Jr's. ex-wife, "started dating one of the agents who had been assigned to her family," per Leonnig's book, "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service." The agent didn't get in trouble because at the time he wasn't assigned to protect Vanessa, who filed for divorce from Trump Jr. in 2018.

The book also says that Tiffany spent "an unusual amount of time alone with a Secret Service agent on her detail" after she broke up with a boyfriend.

Leonnig wrote that Secret Service agents "became concerned at how close Tiffany appeared to be getting to the tall, dark and handsome agent."

To ensure that their judgment isn't affected on the job, Secret Service agents are barred from forming close personal relationships with those they're assigned to protect. The agent Tiffany reportedly developed a relationship with was ultimately reassigned.

A spokesperson for the former president did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

But Tiffany's spokesperson denied the report in comments to The Post.

"This is nothing more than gossip and is simply not true. Tiffany's experience with the Secret Service was entirely professional," the spokesperson said.

The book also said that Trump wanted Secret Service agents he perceived to be overweight or too short to be reassigned, over concerns they wouldn't be able to do their jobs properly.

"I want these fat guys off my detail," Trump reportedly said. "How are they going to protect me and my family if they can't run down the street?"