A Former Secret Service Agent Tells All

Since the most recent hearing of the January 6 Committee, a lot of talk has focused on new revelations about Vice President Mike Pence's Secret Service detail—namely, that they were concerned enough while holed up with him inside a Capitol under mob attack that they tried to get in contact with their families to say goodbye. But the role of the Secret Service more generally through those fateful days came under the microscope last week with revelations that the agency has failed to produce text records from January 5 and 6, telling the committee that they were lost in a reset of agency systems. We asked Jim Helminski, a Secret Service agent for the better part of three decades, what exactly he thought was going on here.   [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [How the Secret Service Handling of Jan. 6 Looks to a Former Agent]( [How the Secret Service Handling of Jan. 6 Looks to a Former Agent]( Since the most recent hearing of the January 6 Committee, a lot of talk has focused on new revelations about Vice President Mike Pence's Secret Service detail—namely, that they were concerned enough while holed up with him inside a Capitol under mob attack that they tried to get in contact with their families to say goodbye. But the role of the Secret Service more generally through those fateful days came under the microscope last week with revelations that the agency has failed to produce text records from January 5 and 6, telling the committee that they were lost in a reset of agency systems. We asked Jim Helminski, a Secret Service agent for the better part of three decades, what exactly he thought was going on here. [Read More](   [The 20 Best TV Shows of 2022 (So Far)]( [The 20 Best TV Shows of 2022 (So Far)]( Need something new to watch? We got you covered. [Read More]( [The 50 Best Comedies to Stream On Netflix Right Now]( [The 50 Best Comedies to Stream On Netflix Right Now]( From Oscar-level dramedies to goofball slapstick, the streamer has something that'll tickle your funny bone. [Read More](     [When I Watch The Bear, I See My Life]( [When I Watch The Bear, I See My Life]( In the last episode of The Bear, Carmy, the chef at the center of the show, is speaking at an Al-Anon meeting. He’s there because of his brother, Michael, an addict who killed himself and left Carmy his restaurant. The seven-minute monologue meanders through familiar territory. How food was central to his life and his relationship with his family, and how cooking professionally in fine dining restaurants became a way to try and reconnect to his estranged brother, to raise his self-esteem, to find his place in the world. His description of professional cooking—“My skin was dry and oily at the same time and my stomach was fucked and it was … everything”—hits home. And then he stares at the camera with sad blue eyes and says something unexpected. “I felt like I could speak through the food, communicate through creativity… The deeper into this I went and the better I got, and the more people I cut out, the quieter my life got. And the routine of the kitchen was so consistent and exacting and busy and hard and alive and I lost track of time and he died.” I stopped and rewound and watched it again. And again. This was my life. My everything. [Read More](   [The Beast Blender Performs As Good As It Looks]( [The Beast Blender Performs As Good As It Looks]( And just like that, I’m a somewhat healthier human. [Read More]( [Introducing Dialed In: Esquire's Essential Video Guide to Watches Worth the Investment]( [Introducing Dialed In: Esquire's Essential Video Guide to Watches Worth the Investment]( In this first episode, we slip beneath the surface with one of the most popular watch types out there, the steely, macho dive watch. [Read More](     [MultiVersus is the First Worthy Challenger to Super Smash Bros.' Throne]( [MultiVersus is the First Worthy Challenger to Super Smash Bros.' Throne]( It's no secret that Nintendo has a family-friendly grip on certain corners of the gaming industry. That stronghold is certainly on platform fighters. Ever heard of a little game called Super Smash Bros.? Now, there's a new challenger in the arena: MultiVersus, which sees characters from the massive Warner Bros. library duke it out. (Think: Shaggy, Harley Quinn, Bugs Bunny, and LeBron James. No Jay Gatsby, though.) The title has now commenced its open beta phase, which means that the game isn't quite finished, but everyone is free to download, play, and test it out. I'd recommend that you do exactly that, because MultiVersus just might come the closest we've ever seen to the heights of Smash Bros.—because it isn't trying to be Smash Bros. [Read More](   [Win a 5-Night All-Inclusive Stay for Two to The Club Barbados ($4,000 Value)!]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice/Notice at Collection]( esquire.com ©2022 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019