Who is Hillary’s Mysterious “Body Man” – He keeps popping-up and does all kinds of things when she’s having physical or other problems ???

The Wa-Po in an offhand comment identified him as “…Secret Service Assistant Special Agent in Charge Todd Madison…” ---  However, The World Net Daily has noted that neither the Clinton Campaign nor the U.S. Secret Service has confirmed that identification.

What we do know is ---  he’s a portly bearish sort of black man that pushes Secret Service men aside, man-handles the Democratic presidential candidate, carries what might well be a “'Diazepam pen,” and at least once,  he even gave HRC a little hug and whispered into her ear to comfort her when she seemed dazed and confused by demonstrators 

A recent post appeared on 'The Gateway Pundit” blog; and it noted that at a rally in early August, when Hillary Clinton was interrupted by animal rights activists, men in suits, presumably Secret Service agents, rushed onto the stage.  One of them came up next to HRC, put his hand on her shoulder and said,  “You're OK. Keep talking. You handled it, we're not going anywhere….”  (See  “Wow! Hillary’s Mysterious Handler Pops Up on Plane During Coughing Fit” by Jim Hoft, 9/6/16, The Gateway Pundit [http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/09/wow-hillarys-mysterious-handler-pops-plane-coughing-fit/]).

Jim Hoft’s GP article went on to note that when the microphone picked up the pep talk, it gave some observers a “…new insight into Clinton's relationship with the outfit (the Secret Service) sworn to protect her….”   However, at the same time, certain conservative commentators began to question what that particular man's role with the campaign really was,  insisting that he was NOT a Secret Service agent. 

Other conservative were even more specific in their observations about the “Mystery Man.”  ---  “Is he part of her campaign staff? Possibly a Secret Service agent? Maybe he’s some sort of emergency medical technician. Whoever he is, his identity is a bit of a mystery to the media….  And about the only thing for sure is that he’s conducted himself as some sort of a cross between her personal bodyguard, stand-by medic, body servant and campaign honcho…  when Clinton was somewhat taken aback by a heckler at a campaign rally, the mystery man rushed to her side and reassuringly kept patting her on the back. He was then heard on the mic as telling her “Just keep talking, you’re OK. You can handle it.”…  That obviously scratches him being a Secret Service agent. As anyone who understands even the most basic of security procedures, the Secret Service would never tell a protectee to carry on with a campaign speech in the middle of a potentially dangerous situation….  But then something very curious happens. The mystery handler physically moves two Secret Service agents off stage when it becomes obvious that it’s just a heckler in the crowd….  That prompts me to ask the rhetorical question, who in the world has that kind of power to shove two Secret Service agents around? Interesting, indeed….”  (See “Hillary’s ‘mystery man’ raises eyebrows” by TK Whiteman. 9/7/16, The Conservative Firing Line/  Elections  [http://conservativefiringline.com/hillarys-mystery-man-raises-eyebrows/]). 

Whiteman’s article then goes on to quote a small portion from a very detailed article in another conservative internet magazine, the “American Thinker,” as follows [in part]:  “…  there are a number of photos popping up on social media showing the mysterious handler assisting Clinton;…  Walk[ing] up just a few stair steps [with HRC]….  Being at {HRC’s} her beckon call when the reporters were too much for her on Hill Force One….  At her side carrying what has been assumed to be an auto-injector pen filed with Diazepam….  So who is our man of mystery, and what is he doing rushing to her aid when she coughs….” (See  “Hillary’s mysterious handler ‘badge man’ pops up on campaign plane after coughing fit” by Thomas Lifson, 9/7/16, American Thinker  [http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/09/hillarys_mysterious_handler_badge_man_pops_up_on_campaign_plane_after_coughing_fit.html]).

The matter has even made it the cable news.   On Wednesday, radio talk-show host Tammy Bruce made an appearance on “Varney & Co.” on Fox News.  At that time, she talked about Hillary Clinton’s “mystery man” thus:  “He actually moves other Secret Service agents off the stage….  We have not been informed who he is so we have to guess, in some way, who he is. But he seems to be playing a very personal role. He appears when she seems to be in trouble, either with the coughing or with some health issue or [another time to help when she seemed to freeze] in her own personal reaction to what was a heckler … It’s troubling because you’ve got a man who is also doing something that the Secret Service wouldn’t do. He’s very physical with her. He touches her. He has his arm around her. … It’s a legitimate question. Her health is legitimate….” (See “Who is Hillary Clinton’s ‘Mystery Man’.” Panel “Varney & Co.”,  9/7/16,  Fox Business News [http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5115570636001/who-is-hillary-clintons-mystery-man/?#sp=show-clips]). 

CLINTON CAMPAIGN PUSHBACK --- HE’S A SECRET SERVICE AGENT PERIOD

Pushback from the Clinton campaign was fast and furious.  According to a report in the Daily Mail ---  “Hillary Clinton's ‘mysterious handler' who pops up from time to time on the campaign trail is a Secret Service agent, her campaign says, and rumors that suggest otherwise are 'despicable.’[quoting a 9/6/16 Brien Fallon Tweet]…[in an earlier tweet of 8/16/16, another of Clinton's communications directors tried to debunk conspiracy theories, tweeting] “That is a US Secret Service agent with a pen. Normal writing pen,' she wrote…. [In addition, a] spokeswoman for the Secret Service confirmed that the man was part of Clinton's security detail in an email to CNN that said, 'The item in the Detail Leader's hand is a flashlight.'…”  (See “Clinton camp says Hillary's mysterious 'handler' is a Secret Service agent” by Francesca Chambers, 9/7/16, Daily Mail/ News [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3778353/Clinton-camp-says-Hillary-s-mysterious-handler-Secret-Service-agent-claims-contrary-despicable.html]). 

It’s very interesting that also on September 8th, there was a Washington Post article obviously intended to debunk all of the right wing HRC health issue speculation (See “Armed with junk science and old photos, critics question #HillarysHealth” by David Weigel, 9/8/16, Washington Post/ Post Politics [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/08/armed-with-junk-science-and-old-photos-critics-question-hillaryshealth/]).  In that article, in an almost offhand manner, David Weigel identified the “mystery man” as Secret Service Assistant Special Agent in Charge Todd Madison, as follows:. “…  when Clinton was campaigning in Las Vegas. Mid-speech, she paused and narrowed her eyes to look at protesters. Secret Service Assistant Special Agent in Charge Todd Madison rushed to her side, telling her that the situation was under control, and that she could keep talking….”

THE MYSTERY “BODY MAN” STORY STILL MIGHT HAVE LEGS & IT’S CERTAINLY FAR FROM OVER

And today the “World Net Daily” did a deep-dive back to early 2013 finding a photo of the “Mystery Man” next to Bill Clinton while Hillary is being brought home from the hospital for her blood clot…. (See “Hillary's 'mystery man' spotted during blood-clot hospitalization” by Staff Writer, 9/9/16, World Net Daily/ Election 2016 [http://www.wnd.com/2016/09/hillarys-mystery-man-spotted-during-blood-clot-hospitalization/]).

Although the WND article acknowledged the apparent recent identification of the “Mystery Man” by the WaPo’s  Daivd Weigel [as mentioned above], WND also noted that inquiries to both the Hillary Clinton campaign and the U.S. Secret Service asking about the man’s identity hadn’t been responded-to at the time of its report, cited above.