In a court case over the weekend, Watkins said he received a VIP pass for the Trump rally, met with Secret Service agents and was providing security for lawmakers and others, including on his march to the Capitol.
Watkins also continued to point a finger at the organizers of the demonstration, which she felt had empowered her as a security presence for the private event, according to her court case on Monday.
Watkins, a former Army forest ranger who served in Afghanistan, is trying to be released from prison pending trial, after being charged with conspiracy and other actions on January 6. She is due to appear in court before a federal judge on Tuesday afternoon.
Regarding her fleeting meeting with the Secret Service, “she received guidelines on things she could or could not do, including instructions to leave all tactical equipment outside the VIP area, and she obeyed all of those guidelines,” said her court case. on Monday.
“Ms. Watkins does not suggest that she has any direct knowledge that her role as security has been sanctioned by anyone other than the people involved in organizing the demonstration,” added the new document.
The U.S. Secret Service, in response to Watkins’ allegations in Saturday’s filing, denied that private citizens worked with them to provide security on January 6.
“In order to carry out its protection functions on January 6, the U.S. Secret Service enlisted the help of several government partners. Any claim that the Secret Service employed private citizens to perform these functions is false,” said a spokesman. of the US Secret Service in a statement to CNN on Sunday.
The Secret Service did not respond to Watkins’ revised allegations on Monday.
The Justice Department, which is processing Watkins’ case, has yet to respond to her claims in court.
CNN’s Whitney Wild contributed to this report.