"...Trump’s Butler, PA rally...was staffed by 22 Secret Service agents, including advance, assault, and sniper teams, 16 HSI agents..."

X ^ | Jul 19, 2024 | Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_

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NEW: Per federal law enforcement source w/ knowledge of the security planning for Trump’s Butler, PA rally, the event was staffed by 22 Secret Service agents, including advance, assault, and sniper teams, 16 HSI agents, and it is believed there was no SS drone in the air.

Per source, Secret Service did not request any tactical support from HSI (Homeland Security Investigations) beforehand, including the HSI elite Special Response team. HSI agents were assigned to “post standing” security duties at the street entrance and the media area, and were not responsible for the close proximity around Trump, or the buildings on the exterior of the area where the shooter was.

The entire operational security plan was created and carried out by Secret Service, which told HSI and local law enforcement where they needed bodies, and was responsible for the advance planning.

Per source, allegations that HSI agents were untrained or unprepared to provide security at this event are way off base - adding that HSI are highly trained federal law enforcement who routinely run complex investigations, often at the border. Source added that HSI had roughly 400 agents providing security at the RNC in Milwaukee, and they know what threats to look for, adding that HSI agents working perimeter surveillance at the RNC were involved in spotting and arresting a suspicious man on Monday who approached the secure RNC area with a bag that had a AK47 pistol, a full magazine, and a Scream mask in it.

A lot of finger pointing going on as a result of the security failure on Saturday, which was centimeters away from resulting in the assassination of former President Trump, live on national television.
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KEYWORDS: arrestmayorkas; dhs; dhscoupattempt; hh2; hsi; namenames

[LIConFem]

How many SS and HSI agents does it take to **** up a protection detail?

[Col Frank Slade]

Well….they all failed.

[lgjhn23]

22+16 for sure. lol.

[JayGalt]

Coverup in full flight

[Indy Pendance]

This reads like a CYA piece.

[joshua c]

who was the agent in charge?

we need to hear from them

[bigbob]

as meaningful as Biden being protected by four covid booster shots.

[goodnesswins]

Agent in charge must have been the one who did not show up to cover that one rooftop?

[Roadrunner383]

Well, we know there were a few on a rooftop, but not all rooftops, and not the right rooftop. Maybe if more of them had gotten out of their SUVs or not been sheltering inside buildings they might have preventing the shooting.

Mayorkas is in charge of DHS and ultimately the Secret Service. He did about as good a job with Trump security as he’s done with border security, which is to say he’s incompetent and sucks.

[faithhopecharity]

if they’re afraid to cover a (slightly) sloping roof that has an obvious straight unobstructed line of sight to the speaker.....**

it would not have mattered if they’d had 3000 agents on site

two local roofs are being replaced all day here by the usual illegal alien work gangs... who have ZERO fear of being up top at elevation 10 feet

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

I don't have an issue with some HSI agents performing some duties like crowd control, monitoring transit points, etc.. But that's not the the issue, though. The issue is how/why a sniper was able to get to that position and begin shooting. It's now a week later, and we still don't have a clear answer for that. And the thing is, we know that they know the answer by now. They likely knew it within a couple of hours. And they just haven't told us.

[heartwood]

Crooks did better site assessment and preparation than the whole lot of them.

Or, he had help. I truly hope he was just a budding tactical genius.

[Bulwyf]

He doesn’t suck. He failed at the attempt. Border is allowed to be porous. It’s not incompetent, it’s by design.

[Bulwyf]

I have issue with all 3 letter agencies. All need to be fired and dissolved.

[SpaceBar]

All of them useless.

[missnry]

Our eyes will not lie to us as to what we saw in broad daylight and possibly recorded on hundreds of cell phones and other audiovisual devices. These videos will be used in training security details for years to come as to how NOT to protect your principal!

Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas who is in overdrive mode to destroy the Republic would have loved to see the MAGA Republicans in tears. He is in charge of securing the border and oversees the Secret Service. When are people going to catch on? We can’t get to November fast enough. Once the Democrats nominate Kamala and her running mate we are going to the next level for the destruction of the Republic. We are in for one ride in the next couple months!

[NoLibZone]

Yes those fat militia guys could take out the FBI.

[blueplum]

I read the assassin visited the rally site at least twice and may have flown a drone over the site the day prior. Did nobody notice? Didn't the sniper team do a walk-thru the day before? Was the site locked down the day before? the NY Post reports that assassin had tracked ex-prez’s appearances for months. Was this rally the first he reserved tickets for? Did he apply for tickets to other rallies? Has anybody looked it up?

to add some tidbits Law and Crime youtube video: at mark 18:40ish, ABC news reported the shooter had obtained tickets to the rally about a week prior, and, at 23:40ish, father called local pd hours before the rally to report his son missing.

[Jeff Chandler]

That’s even worse. That means the DEI incompetents were rank-and-file SS agents.