JD Vance’s travel plans have been attracting scrutiny after reports that the vice president had water levels raised ahead of a birthday boating trip with his family.

However, it now seems it was the Secret Service who asked military engineers to raise the water level of Ohio’s Little Miami River—without the VP’s knowledge.

A spokesperson for the vice president said neither Vance nor his staff had any knowledge of the request, according to The Guardian. “The Secret Service often employs protective measures without the knowledge of the vice president or his staff, as was the case last weekend,” the statement read.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) confirmed that its Louisville district received a request to increase outflow at Caesar Creek Lake to support what it called the “safe

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