I hadn't seen the links you provided. I've been thinking about the FBI's first press conference and later statements, so my 'something is wrong' list reads a bit different.
Long opinion about the Secret Service staffing/competence issue below. To skip it, scroll down to the image of Biden's 'Banana Republic'.
Trump's regular Secret Service detail was not there - only one person was from his regular detail; the rest were serving Trump temporarily. I wonder if Jill 'happened' to have a nearby event - and if she 'happened' to schedule it late. If there had been more experienced, patriot Secret Service agents scheduled to fill in temporarily at Trump's rally, they could have an excuse to pull them away at the last minute to serve her highness, Dr. Jill.
The others in Trump's regular Secret Service detail were reportedly given time off because they've been working 7 days a week for a very long time. I don't think Trump's regular Secret Service detail abruptly went from working 7 days a week, as deemed needed to keep him alive, to all of them asking to have simultaneous time off, and allowing a temporary detail to be assigned in their places, knowing that the FBI would be 'supporting' the effort that day.
I think Cheatle may have used Human Resources staff to compel 'time off' en masse 'in the interests of national security and employee health'. If they are so short handed that they consistently deny Trump requested agents, then why 'let' those agents all take time off together?
We're to believe Trump is inadequately guarded by Secret Service because $25 million in funding is in limbo, even though that would/should impact other former presidents. Are George Bush, Clinton and Obama all given too few unqualified staff to meet basic security needs like Trump? If that actually happened, wouldn't THEY push for the $25 million in Secret Service detail funding to be approved? Is Biden impacted by sparse staffing? Obama runs the show behind Biden - he's surely gotten all the Secret Service agents he wants or needs.
If Trump's Secret Service asked for time off - they would have done so in partial stages leaving the regular detail 'in charge' and supervising any 'temps'. I think decisions by Biden's Secret Service head (Cheatle); the consistent denials of requests for more agents; the 'limbo' status of $25 million in SS funding (at a time they claim Bidens are in MAGA danger), all point to a concerted effort to drain Trump's Secret Service detail to the point they could 'get him' and make it look like an outside job which took place during the use of temporary, DEI hires. Yes, Cheatle focuses on DEI; that's likely to give a target for an outraged public to focus on while the Deep State orchestrates the hit.
I think it's possible the head of the Secret Service declared that most of Trump's regular detail 'had' to take their time off NOW, before the RNC convention, and while there were probably more 'veteran' Secret Service agents scheduled to accompany him to the rally, they were probably pulled away under the pretense of guarding Jill 'at the last moment.'
Three short women 'guarding' a 6'2" man? One crouching in hiding behind him? The reason there are such great photos of Trump during the response to the shooting is because he was not adequately covered to photographs could take 'shots' of him just as well as any other assassins present. He was still, chest bare, face and head bare etc. This was intentional and made to look like incompetence, but it was planned.
Hard to pull information, either exonerating or incriminating, away from the FBI now because they've taken control of the investigation. I think some of the temporary Secret Service were infiltrators, but the FBI will keep them from talking to the press citing, 'ongoing investigation.' The same is true for anyone decent guarding the president that day - they won't be permitted to talk because of the FBI's 'ongoing investigation.' The FBI playbook puts anyone decent among the Secret Service that day at risk - scapegoating etc. See Jan 6 prisoners or General Flynn for details.
The FBI was in control of the press conference without any Secret Service representative there. The FBI said that the SS was responsible, and that the FBI and Penn State Police were only there for support. I doubt Trump's regular detail, or any loyal patriot veteran Secret Service assigned temporarily to him, wanted FBI 'support' in place of their own agents, given what the FBI has been doing to Trump.
I wonder if Trump was late to his venue because these changes to his security detail, although planned well in advance, were announced in stages at 'the last minute'. If so, there would either strenuous objection to sending so few, unqualified Agents 'supported' by FBI, and/or Penn Police, or some patriots were asking/begging Trump not to go to the rally. How likely would it be for Trump to 'let' them force him to cancel his rally? If he let them get away with it this time, they would continue to play games like this for the next few months.
All speculation on my part - but the 'story' as presented by the FBI in charge of the investigation of the assassination attempt, which is coincidentally the same group in charge of 'investigating' Hunter Biden's laptop, emits a foul odor. The obvious conflict of interest in appointing the FBI after their authorized 'lethal force' Mar A Lago raids is just a whiff of the underlying stench.
