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Ex-Secret Service Agent Goes Scorched Earth on Agency Over Trump Assassination Attempt
Town Hall ^ | 18 July 2024 | Sarah Arnold

Posted on 07/19/2024 3:18:09 AM PDT by Rummyfan

The Secret Service is facing mounting pressure to explain how a 20-year-old would-be assassin climbed on top of a roof and fired shots at former President Donald Trump without authorities noticing.

Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino is demanding answers from the agency, revealing troubling details about the breach of security that left Trump injured.

Bongino, who spent 12 years working in the Secret Service under President George W. Bush and President Obama, pointed out obvious mistakes that could have changed the trajectory of the country forever.

He pointed to three issues plaguing the Secret Service that resulted in a would-be assassination of one of the most high-profile public figures in the country.

One, Bongino wrote in an op-ed, is the lack of manpower and security equipment.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assassinationattempt; bongino; secretservice; trump; trumpshooting
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To: Lean-Right

The “slope” was 18 degrees! Barely steep enough for water to run down- and besides, the rooftop the ss snipers were on was more sloped than the roof perp was on. The excuse was bogus.


41 posted on 07/19/2024 6:15:56 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: metmom

That man washint the roof deserves a medal, risking his life standing on an 18 degree roof like that- he must have been a stuntman or sumthin /s

The roof was nowhere near steep enough to call off operatives securing it. We were lied to. Liberals really do think we are stupid enough to beleive anything they tell us. I can’t beleive they even had the nerve to say such a rediculous thing.


42 posted on 07/19/2024 6:24:44 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: rlmorel

43 posted on 07/19/2024 6:31:50 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Candor7

You are ABSOLUTELY, dead-on correct!

There are SO many Clinton/0bama era people STILL hanging around doing dirty work. High profiles like John Kerry and AlGore are still trotting around the globe - undermining whatever Trump tried to do when he was in office.

How many not so high profile people do they have pulling garbage like this?? 0bamas crew spent a LOT of time, $$$ and effort sowing these people everywhere. We never voted for them; we’ll never know their names.
But they’re working 24/7, 365 for the democrat/globalist mafia syndicate.


44 posted on 07/19/2024 6:31:53 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: cgbg

[[start focusing on communication]]

Exactly, been saying that from the start- at th3 end of the day, it all boils down to the irrefutable fact that they left pres Trump on that stage knowing full well that a very suspicious person was roaming around, AND, they did NOT take the person into custody, and failed to inform the ss who were assigned to cover pres Trump.

When cops saw the perp rangefinding the platform, he should have been taken into custody Immediately and detained

AND, when the perp pointed the gun at a cop, that is when all hell should have broken out and cops storming the roof en mass.

The whole stinking thing reeked of either rank incompetence, or planned incompetence. There can be no other explanation for what went down- president Trump should have never been allowed to take the stage, and an announcement should have been made that his speech will be delayed due to security reasons.

Thankfully God intervened and protected president Trump and ruined the plans of the demon driven left.


45 posted on 07/19/2024 6:34:18 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

Remember—if the Secret Service folks on stage had received notice of a significant threat they could have and imho would have removed President Trump from the stage at any point.

The SS folks on stage looked lost and confused.

My working hypothesis is that is because the comms were cut off for a couple of minutes before the shots were fired.


46 posted on 07/19/2024 6:38:12 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Candor7

That gal, whoever she was, was WELL aware that there was a shooter over to her right.

She’s got her phone camera on Trump.. she looks over to the right, she turns her phone to the right and continues taking video of the shooter, Trump is still talking.. she goes back to Trump and waits for the shots.. The shots come. She crouches for a mere instant (as a gesture) and continues taking video.

That gal knew EVERYTHING that was going to happen that day.


47 posted on 07/19/2024 6:41:59 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: Candor7

Women SS agents should be on the detail covering Ashley Biden and other people similar to that. They should NOT be covering POTUS candidates. No matter how large their stature is.

RFK JR has twice had crazy people try to break into his house since he announced he was running for POTUS.

FYI, A buddies father helped patrol Newfound Lake, NH every summer for the SS. That is because the two Obama daughters went to camp there several years when he was POTUS. He was hired by the county sheriffs dept to act as a outer ring guard to keep people away from that area of the lake. IMHO, the SS people watching these girls should be women.


48 posted on 07/19/2024 6:49:40 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: joethedrummer

THats what I th9ught.You know, she needs to be positiveoly ID’d. We need to knw exactly wh she is, because she had a VIP seat, someone MUST know who she is positively.


49 posted on 07/19/2024 6:49:46 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: iontheball

“without authorities noticing. “

We now know that is a lie. They had eyes on a guy with a gun on a roof with line of sight on the President for at least 20 minutes


50 posted on 07/19/2024 6:54:47 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: cgbg

That could be, but the 2 snipers on roof behind pres Trump saw the man, and that should have set off a series of events initiated by the ss snipers that included getting word to the ss near preseidnt Trump, and getting Trump off the stage Immediately in my opinion I bel3ive the ss snipers were close enough to yell? But not sure.


51 posted on 07/19/2024 6:57:36 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: iamgalt

[[for at least 20 minutes]]

Exzctly! Plenty of time to get word over to the ss and to pres Trump to get him to safety while the situation was checked out- and also plenty long enough to get the perp into custody for interrogation and away from the scene- neither of which the police and ss did


52 posted on 07/19/2024 7:00:05 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Rummyfan

bttt


53 posted on 07/19/2024 7:02:50 AM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Pray for President Trump. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: Rummyfan

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻


54 posted on 07/19/2024 7:05:28 AM PDT by ZULU (Remember: ABBEY GATE, Kate Steinle, Joscelyn Nungary, Rachel Morin and Laken Riley. )
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To: Rummyfan

It’s now 6 days since the attempted assassination...
No one has been disciplined...
No one has been suspended...
No one has been fired...
No one has resigned in disgrace...
This is the state of our country.


55 posted on 07/19/2024 7:07:47 AM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: Bob434

Their protocol would be to use the comms.

They could have tried to yell if they suspected the comms were not working, but what if they were getting verbal confirmation the comms were working?

That would have delayed their reaction further.

Total comm sabotage may well never have happened in the entire history of the Secret Service. They would have been in shock at that point....

Because if your comms have been sabotaged you are in deep deep trouble...


56 posted on 07/19/2024 7:10:29 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Candor7

Candor, I’d be asking who employs Bob Creamer and Scott Foval these days. Project Veritas recorded them discussing their line of work. Remember the Chicago Trump rally in 2016 that was disrupted? Things like this were even discussed in Wikileaks emails among the usual suspects. I’m certain that Assange’s release is conditioned upon his silence about these matters.


57 posted on 07/19/2024 7:16:19 AM PDT by The Westerner (Independent for Trump: 2016, 2020, 2024)
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To: Rummyfan

Wonder about the neighbor’s video door bell coverage.

Did the 20 year-old dietary assistant have any visitors?

Probably reaching on that one, handlers don’t make house call or do they?


58 posted on 07/19/2024 7:17:23 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: Rummyfan
DEI She is a Dumb Equity Incompetent
59 posted on 07/19/2024 7:18:56 AM PDT by arthurus (covfefe Na)
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To: The Westerner

We have to figure a way to prevent espionage from being conducted against American citizens both here at home and abroad.


60 posted on 07/19/2024 7:19:14 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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