A federal official on Wednesday denied a news report that the U.S. Secret Service had formally spoken with Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign regarding his suggestion a day earlier that gun rights activists could stop Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from curtailing their access to firearms.
Looks like the various organs of the Left Wing MSM need to get on to the same page when they attempt to sling mud.
Original article said USSS had spoken with Trump.
Article you quoted says USSS denied they ‘formally’ spoke with Trump.
Trump is under USSS protection, therefore they have 24/7 access to him. A simple ‘dude, you can’t go around saying stuff like that; lay off’ could easily been told to him ‘informally’ and the USSS deny any formal meeting.
It’s all in the wording.