Yet another leak has emerged! The Secret Service reportedly turned down multiple requests from concerned agents regarding Trump’s security before a potential assassin fired several shots at the President during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Last Saturday, President Trump was grazed in the ear by a 20-year-old gunman named Thomas Matthew Crooks who had climbed onto a roof and opened fire on Trump and the rally attendees.
WATCH:
This is the full clip.
1- shots on trump
2- ss returns fire
3- you hear “shooter is down”
4- they stand trump up
5- he asks to get his shoes
6- fist pumps and fightTruly unreal.
— tyler hogge (@thogge) July 13, 2024
The gunman’s attempt on Trump’s life was not due to lack of security. The Secret Service had identified Crooks as a threat before Trump took the stage but refused to act.
During a Senate briefing, it was revealed that the Secret Service had identified Crooks as suspicious 10 minutes before Trump’s appearance.
Thomas Matthew Crooks was spotted bear crawling on the roof, and bystanders pointed him out to law enforcement.
Despite identifying the roof as a security vulnerability several days before the event, the Secret Service did not secure it next to Trump’s rally.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle stated that agents didn’t man the roof because it was ‘sloped.’
Additionally, Crooks reportedly flew a drone over the Butler, Pennsylvania fairgrounds and obtained aerial footage of the layout shortly before Trump’s appearance at last Saturday’s rally.
The Washington Post reported that the Secret Service repeatedly rebuffed requests by Trump’s security for enhanced protection at public events.
Per WaPo:
“Top officials at the US Secret Service repeatedly denied requests for additional resources and personnel sought by Donald Trump’s security detail in the two years leading up to his attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday, according to four people familiar with the requests.
Agents charged with protecting the former president requested magnetometers and more agents to screen attendees at sporting events and other large public gatherings Trump attended, as well as additional snipers and specialty teams at other outdoor events, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive security discussions. The requests, which have not been previously reported, were sometimes denied by senior officials at the agency, who cited various reasons, including a lack of resources at an agency that has long struggled with staffing shortages, they said.
Those rejections — in response to requests that were several times made in writing — led to long-standing tensions that pitted Trump, his top aides and his security detail against Secret Service leadership, as Trump advisers privately fretted that the vaunted security agency was not doing enough to protect the former president.
🚨🚨SCOOP — Before a gunman got close to killing Donald Trump at a Pa. rally, the @SecretService denied repeated requests from worried agents on Trump's security detail seeking more protection for him at other events. The Secret Service and director had earlier claimed to…
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) July 20, 2024
Sean Davis of The Federalist reported last Saturday that just two hours after the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Trump, the former president’s security team had been requesting increased protection for weeks, but were consistently denied by the Department of Homeland Security under Biden’s administration.
BREAKING: A source familiar with Trump’s security detail tells @FDRLST that the former and future president’s detail has been asking for beefed up protection and resources for weeks, but has been rebuffed time and again by Biden’s DHS.
DHS, which oversees Secret Service…
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 14, 2024
Anthony Guglielmi, spokesman for the Secret Service, refuted the claim.
Theres an untrue assertion that a member of the former President’s team requested additional security resources & that those were rebuffed. This is absolutely false. In fact, we added protective resources & technology & capabilities as part of the increased campaign travel tempo
— Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox) July 14, 2024
Sean Davis accused Guglielmi of lying.
Guglielmi, the spokesman for a corrupt and incompetent agency that refused to secure the most obvious shooting perch at the event, is a liar.
The Special Operations Division pleaded for more resources, but was ignored or rejected, because they did not get what they repeatedly… pic.twitter.com/HNZkBNqWTj
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 14, 2024
After repeatedly denying the story was true, Guglielmi admitted to the Washington Post that Trump was indeed denied beefed up protection.
“After receiving detailed questions from The Washington Post, Guglielmi said the agency had learned new information indicating the agency’s headquarters may have in fact denied some requests for additional security from Trump’s detail and was reviewing documentation to understand the specific interactions better,” The Washington Post reported.
“The Secret Service has a vast, challenging, and intricate mission,” Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement to WaPo. “Every day we work in a dynamic threat environment to ensure our protectees are safe and secure across multiple events, travel, and other difficult environments. We execute a comprehensive and layered strategy to balance personnel, technology, and specialized operational needs.”
Last Friday, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) addressed a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, seeking clarification regarding the recent attempted assassination attack on President Trump at his Pennsylvania rally.
Senator Hawley expressed concern after being informed by whistleblowers that a significant number of security personnel present at the rally were not from the Secret Service, but rather from the Homeland Security Investigations team, and lacked proper Secret Service training.
Additionally, he highlighted that government officials treated the assassination attempt as a lax security situation and failed to utilize canines for threat detection at entry points.
🚨🚨 Whistleblowers tell me that MOST of Trump’s security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service. DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel 👇 pic.twitter.com/eo4jNmJWFT
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 19, 2024
