Posted on 07/20/2024 6:07:58 PM PDT by hardspunned
Top officials at the U.S. Secret Service repeatedly denied requests for additional resources and personnel sought by Donald Trump’s security detail in the two years leading up to his attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday, according to four people familiar with the requests.
Agents charged with protecting the former president requested magnetometers and more agents to screen attendees at sporting events and other large public gatherings Trump attended, as well as additional snipers and specialty teams at other outdoor events, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive security discussions. The requests, which have not been previously reported, were sometimes denied by senior officials at the agency, who cited various reasons, including a lack of resources at an agency that has long struggled with staffing shortages, they said.
Those rejections — in response to requests that were several times made in writing — led to long-standing tensions that pitted Trump, his top aides and his security detail against Secret Service leadership, as Trump advisers privately fretted that the vaunted security agency was not doing enough to protect the former president.
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“Nah, he’ll be fine.”
Staffing numbers have nothing to do with the assassination attempt operation other than establish an alibi.
Don’t conflate the two.
Sure they wanted Trump less protected, but there was nothing random or lone wolf about any of this.
Washington Post...wow, sure hope those hearings are going to be public
The head said outright in an earlier interview: No, we never denied the protection.
So hopefully Congress will catch her lie.
When questioned about it, they’ll say “We were just following orders”.
President Trump is a threat to the Deep State and the New World Order devils. Secret Service is a compromised part of the above. Ergo, we’ll see what happens. If he gets killed, well, it is what it is.
God protect Donald J. Trump!
Actually,isn’t this huge news? The left wing Washington Post is having to report this.
Pelosi denied national guard protection J6
Trump needs to hire “retired” special ops people for his personal security. Do not trust the government supplied people.
Biden and his crew ordered trump killed it’s the main reason why the commies want Biden gone they know
A “partial hangout” from WP means that they are covering for much worse, as many suspect.
“When questioned about it, they’ll say “We were just following orders” “.
Didn’t work at Nuremberg, won’t work here.
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One interviewer asked that of Cheatle and she said “No, we never denied extra protection for him.”
Hope the questioners in DC will nail her for that lie.
Let's hope!
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