In a court filing this weekend, Watkins said she received a VIP pass to the Trump rally, met with Secret Service agents, and offered security to lawmakers and others, including on their march to the Capitol. .
Watkins also continued to point the finger at the rally organizers she thought enabled her as a security presence for the private event, according to her court filing on Monday.
Watkins, a former army guard who served in Afghanistan, wants to be released from prison pending trial following her conspiracy and other actions charges on Jan. 6. She will appear before a federal judge on Tuesday afternoon.
Regarding her passing encounter with the Secret Service, “She was given guidelines on things she could and could not do, including instructions to leave all tactical equipment outside the VIP area, and she adhered to all those guidelines,” her charge. on Monday.
“Ms. Watkins is not suggesting that she has any direct knowledge that her role as security was endorsed by anyone other than the people involved in organizing the meeting,” added the new filing.
In response to Watkins’ claims in Saturday’s request, the U.S. Secret Service denied that private citizens were working with them to provide security on January 6.
“To carry out its protective duties on January 6, the US Secret Service relied on the assistance of several government partners. Any claim that the Secret Service employed private citizens to perform those functions is false,” said a spokesman for this. the US Secret Service in a statement. to CNN on Sundays.
The Secret Service did not respond to Watkins’ revised claims on Monday.
The Justice Department, which is prosecuting Watkins’ case, has not yet responded to her claims in court.
CNN’s Whitney Wild contributed to this report.