Posted on 07/30/2024 6:24:47 AM PDT by MtnClimber
After the evasive House testimony of now-former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and FBI Director Christopher Wray’s shortlived suggestion that Donald Trump may not have been hit by a bullet, one man alone may help allay Republican fears that the Biden administration will not conduct a forthright investigation into the attempted assassination of Trump last month: Joseph Cuffari.
The Trump-appointed inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security has already opened two investigations into the U.S. Secret Service, which is under the purview of the DHS, related to the agency’s handling of the July 13 shooting.
But some Republicans are concerned because, they say, Cuffari has been stonewalled by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on other internal examinations – including one that might have revealed Secret Service lapses that might have prevented the attempt on Trump’s life.
Specifically, congressional sources tell RCI that Cuffari’s report, “USSS Preparation for and Response to the Events of January 6, 2021,” has been on Mayorkas’ desk since at least April.
The report, according to Politico, will “cast light on a series of embarrassing security lapses for the agency.” And given some comparisons between Jan. 6 and July 13, the report might shed light on systemic issues that impacted both events.
For example, unanswered questions remain as to why the Secret Service allowed Trump to take the stage at The Ellipse outside the White House around noon on Jan. 6 amid reports of individuals with weapons in the vicinity – a question many Americans have about the July 13 assassination attempt. Law enforcement and spectators noted the presence of a suspicious individual, later identified as the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, at least a half hour before Trump took the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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That was a Bush43 initiative.
I still believe that the shooter was interrupted by the LEO who rattled him enough to train his AR on him, and then hurried his shot. Even at 140 yards you would need to refocus and concentrate.
“somebody forgot to teach Crooks about windage “
NO, somebody forgot to teach Crooks about the hand of God.
Congress needs to reverse Bush’s disastrous Homeland Security Act of 2002.
The criminal doesn’t want the crime solved.
Crooks didn’t “MISS”. He hit the target.
He was right on the line of the bullseye.
Look at any target. The bullseye is Trumps head. Crooks shot was right on target. In fact on the edge of the bullseye.
“Missed” ? The BLOOD from Trump’s head is all the evidence you need to know that the shooter didn’t “MISS”.
“Nobody in government really wants to get to the bottom of what happened. They just wanted Trump gone.”
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Absolutely true.
The main reason that agencies have Inspector Generals is to AVOID accountability and to protect itself against real investigations. The IG’s are an internal organization of the parent agency and they largely serve as a firewall against probes from outside the agency. Basically this is how agencies get away with investigating themselves.
As a former IG, they work for the commander or head of agency.
Absolutely right. There’s way too much power concentrated within a single agency. Too much power and too little accountability. Never a healthy thing.
Why can’t the SS shoot off a flare to warn everyone as a last resort fail safe.
The Army has had Inspectors General for quite some time.
Lawyers looked at the concept and decided they could use it in civilian government to hire more lawyers.
Lawyers screw everything up.
Pls see my #27. You may disagree but I stand by my post based on personal experiences. Its a way of sweeping away mismanagement and worse under the carpet. But hey, the agency can always claim that it has mechanisms in place to ensure accountability so the IG’s serve as a beneficial layer of protection against unwanted outside probes.
There are also cases where politics come into play and internal investigations are a convenient way to handle those kinds of sensitivities. Just sayin’.
Government agencies are very good at justifying anything that can expand their size and power. A lot of creative energy goes into that sole activity.
Yes, but this particular area was screwed up by lawyers.
Three years of law school makes them gods.
Do we know if the round was a .223 or 5.56?
I have not heard.
Previously, the Secret Service fell under the Department of the Treasury.
Yep, it was a great shot; a statistical anomaly is the only reason Trump is alive (held tilt to reference a graph).
The amount of failures that day (and before, where Trump’s protection was/is soft) is what makes my Spidey sense go off. Someone wanted Trump gone and its a miracle he’s alive.
Yeah, I saw that this morning when I took the time to look it up.
I was remembering correctly that USSS fell under the Executive.
Dumbass GW wears the egg for that change.
I think I’m not understanding you.
The Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security both fall under the executive branch.
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