The Secret Service is investigating a report that an agent left her post at a Trump campaign rally in North Carolina to breastfeed.

The Secret Service confirmed the allegations and issued a statement to Fox News Digital saying an investigation was ongoing.

“All U.S. Secret Service employees are held to the highest standards. While the incident in North Carolina was non-consequential, the details of this incident are under investigation. Because this is a personnel matter, we are unable to provide further comment,” an agency spokesperson said.

The incident reportedly occurred during former President Trump’s campaign rally in Asheville on Wednesday.

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Former President Trump arrives before delivering a speech at a campaign rally in Asheville, North Carolina, on Wednesday. (AP/Matt Kelley)

RealClearPolitics correspondent Susan Crabtree was the first to report the allegations, saying a Secret Service agent left her post at Trump’s event “to breastfeed without obtaining permission or warning from the agent on site.”

“The agent on the scene made a final walk along the track and found the agent nursing her child in a room that was supposed to be reserved for important Secret Service official work, a potential presidential emergency,” Crabtree wrote in a post on X.

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Crabtree added that an on-duty agent is not allowed to bring a child on a protective assignment. She said the agent in question is from the Atlanta Field Office.

This latest incident comes at a time when the agency is under increased scrutiny following the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump, raising further questions and concerns about the agency’s culture and staffing.

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Former President Donald Trump is pushed off the stage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Current and former USSS employees have expressed concern that the agency is suffering from staff shortages despite a budget that has increased to $3 billion. USSS leadership is being questioned not only about the July 13 failures in Butler, Pennsylvania, but also about how it has handled its team morale and its ability to recruit and retain talent.

Following the assassination attempt on the former president, the ensuing outrage forced former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who was appointed by President Biden in 2022, resignShe was replaced by acting director Ronald Rowe.

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Trump’s requests for additional Secret Service protection before the July 13 rally were reportedly denied multiple times. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as a third-party candidate, was also denied Secret Service protection before President Biden. ordered the annulment of the decision Days after the shooting at the rally.

Fox News Digital’s Christina Coulter and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.