Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino says he has “no doubt” that the Secret Service detail protecting Hillary Clinton on Sunday was overridden by the Clinton campaign after the candidate collapsed Sunday.

On Monday, The New York Post reported that “Secret Service protocol called for the Democratic presidential nominee to be rushed to a state-designated Level I Trauma Center in the wake of her Sunday morning health crisis … [b]ut a campaign operative decided to change course to avoid having Clinton seen by doctors, nurses and other medical workers who could leak details to reporters, according to a source.”

“I have no doubt that they were overridden by the campaign. None.”

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“I have no doubt that they were overridden by the campaign. None,” Bongino told LifeZette. “I’ve worked with the Clintons before,” said Bongino. “What we understand about the Clintons” is that “whereas most politicians, 98 percent of what they do is politics and the rest is legitimate — with Mrs Clinton it’s like 99.99 percent,” he said.

However, Bongino cautioned that when it comes to non-life-threatening medical situations, “there really isn’t any black or white protocol — there’s general rule of thumb and guiding principles,” he said. “In the real world you’re not taking the protectee a place they don’t want to go unless it’s a black-and-white situation.”

“When you get into these gray medical scenarios … you’re really guided by the staff and the doctors. If the protectee says, ‘I’m not going to the hospital,’ what are you going to do?” he said.

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Nevertheless, Bongino is confident that even if agents were concerned enough to recommend a trip to the hospital, the result would have been the same. “I have zero doubt that that was a serious medical crisis that required probably an emergency,” Bongino said. “I have zero doubt that the political concerns overrode everything, even her own health.”

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Bongino described being on the Clinton detail currently as a “lose lose” situation. “There’s no way I would want to do that detail,” he said. “It’s a really, really horrible detail to be on right now because politics is driving everything, even their own health.”

Jeffrey Bramer, an attorney and former Secret Service agent, told LifeZette that while he was unsure about current agency protocol, he was struck by the agents’ reactions. “It appeared as though they had seen this before and did not appear alarmed,” Bramer said.