Secret Service Handcuffs Senator Padilla at DHS Press Conference

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California was physically restrained and handcuffed by Secret Service agents while attempting to attend a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles. Padilla, a sitting U.S. Senator, was blocked from entering the event and briefly detained before being released. The incident sparked immediate bipartisan calls for investigation into the treatment of a member of Congress by federal agents.