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"&lt;img alt=\"1030_chris_brown_secret_service_article_3\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/10/30/1030-chris-brown-secret-service-article-4.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Secret Service&lt;/strong&gt; -- charged with protecting the &lt;strong&gt;President of the United States&lt;/strong&gt; -- could end up protecting&lt;strong&gt; Chris Brown&lt;/strong&gt; from being sent to prison ... TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's what we know.&amp;#160; According to official D.C. documents -- obtained by TMZ -- a witness to the fight early Sunday morning told cops he heard the alleged victim tell a D.C. cop Brown NEVER HIT HIM.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cop later DENIED ever even speaking with the witness in question.&amp;#160; But get this.&amp;#160; A Secret Service agent -- who was on duty and in uniform patrolling the streets near the White House -- made contact with D.C. police and told them he happened to be around when the victim told the cop Chris never struck him.&amp;#160;&amp;#160; The agent says he absolutely heard the victim's admission to the cop that Chris never struck him.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is doubly helpful for Chris. The Secret Service agent's testimony could destroy the credibility of the alleged victim and cause prosecutors to drop the misdemeanor assault case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It could also save Chris from the more serious probation revocation in the Rihanna case -- and remember, if the judge revokes Brown's probation, he could go to prison for 4 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your tax dollars at work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2013/06/24/chris-brown-troubled-times/\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0624_chris_brown_troubled_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/06/24/0624-chris-brown-troubled-footer-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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