Date: December 11, 2023

This is the final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, originally received by the United States Secret Service (Secret Service) on August 9, 2023, for information pertaining to Tefari Campbell's death.

[error: Tafari Campbell]

After a detailed review of all potentially responsive records, 31 pages were released in part, 2 pages were withheld in their entirety and 1 video was withheld in its entirety. After considering the "Foreseeable Harm" standard, outlined in Title 5 U.S.C § 552(a)(8)(A)(i) and Department of Justice guidance, exemptions under FOIA Statute Title 5 U.S.C. § 552, and/or the PA Statute Title 5 U.S.C. § 552a, have been applied where deemed appropriate.

Enclosed are the documents responsive to your request

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As we approached the location we observed SA ~~~~~~; ith a white female near the boat launch area. Once we arrived, we determined the female was one of the Obama [REDACTED] (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) I She was noticeably hysterical claiming that Tafari had fallen off his water paddle and sank and that he did not come up. She was referring to Tafari Campbell, Obama's head chef.

stated that she and Mr. Campbell had gone out on the water earlier this evening, each using a separate paddle board with paddle. She claimed that Mr. Campbell fell off his paddle board and began struggling in the water. She claimed she tried to help him out of the water onto the paddle board, but she was unable to pull him out of the water. She claimed that she witnessed him submerge under the water and not come back up.

Ms. Taylor stated that Mr. Campbell was not wearing a life jacket and had no personal flotation devices aboard the paddle board at the time of the incident.

Divers from local jurisdictions did enter the water at the point of incident but were unable to locate the victim. The search was called off for the night after 11 pm, due to total darkness.

[they could not find the body]

We both canvasse the area under water to the best of our abilities with only having masks and snorkels. We met with negative results until the divers showed up on scene. Once they entered the water, they located the body of Tafari Campbell, just feet away from the area we had been searching. The dive team recovered the body of Tafari Campbell and transported it to local facilities for processing

SAl(b)(6)I and SSA (b)(6); headed down in the car to the boat SSA b)(6); attempted to start one of the [redacted} boats but had difficulties lowering the motor. A similar issue occurred with the motor on the second boat. We jumped into a third boat belonging to the groundskeeper and it worked without issue.

All of the Secret Service Boats would not start. They had to use the groundskeepers boat.