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Top Secret Service agents plan to retire ahead of damning report revealing massive security failures during Butler Trump assassination attempt
PostMillennial ^ | 9/15/24 | PM

Posted on 09/15/2024 6:32:12 AM PDT by hardspunned

Several high-ranking Secret Service agents are stepping down just before the public release of an internal investigation into the failures that led to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, PA on July 13. Among the findings of the report is the revelation that agents did not instruct local police to secure the rooftop of the building where the gunman positioned himself, two anonymous sources have revealed to the Washington Post.

Mike Plati, the assistant director of the Office of Protective Operations, officially retired on Friday, according to a statement from the Secret Service.

John Buckley, a senior executive responsible for managing resources for public event security, is also set to retire soon, as revealed in an email sent to Secret Service staff. Additionally, a senior agent from the Pittsburgh field office, who was involved in developing a security plan, has signaled his intent to retire, according to an official familiar with the investigation.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assassinationattempt; buckley; buckleyusss; butlertrumprally; johnbuckley; kimberlycheatle; mikeplati; plati; retire2guantanamo; retirement; secretservice; securityfailures; trump; usss
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I guess they won’t even bother to get their sworn statements.
1 posted on 09/15/2024 6:32:12 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: hardspunned

BTTT


2 posted on 09/15/2024 6:33:24 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: hardspunned

That doesn’t absolve them of responsibility in the matter.


3 posted on 09/15/2024 6:33:25 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: hardspunned

And get a cushy job at some other government agency or military area.


4 posted on 09/15/2024 6:34:10 AM PDT by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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To: hardspunned

Retire with FULL benefits, when they should be frog marched to prison.


5 posted on 09/15/2024 6:34:32 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: metmom

“That doesn’t absolve them of responsibility in the matter.”

But there’ll be no consequences for them here on earth. Lois Lerner. Strzok. Page. Etc.


6 posted on 09/15/2024 6:35:56 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the convicted felon with the pierced ear. )
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To: hardspunned
We knew within minutes after the assassination attempt there were massive security failures.

What we want to know is were these failures occurred intentionally.
7 posted on 09/15/2024 6:37:22 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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"Per the Washington Post, the outlet that broke the news, "In response to questions about the report, Rowe said in a statement that the report found numerous errors for which the agency must be held accountable, and that he has begun an agency-wide review to harden the protective bubble around the more than 40 government officials and family members the Secret Service protects. He warned that beefing up this security will cost money.""

"Mistakes were made." "We need more money."

Nice way to make lemonade out of lemons....

8 posted on 09/15/2024 6:37:35 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: hardspunned

Retire with a nice pension, awards on the wall, and no accountability. That is the way it works in Washington DC.


9 posted on 09/15/2024 6:38:04 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: hardspunned

“failures”??

Yeah, “failures” - not purposeful dereliction of duty ...


10 posted on 09/15/2024 6:40:25 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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Retire with FULL benefits, when they should be frog marched to prison.

Frog marched - possibly, but they might also feel the need to get out before having to lie under oath to cover up the truth that they've been forced to hire obese and incompetent Didn't Earn It (DEI) employees.

11 posted on 09/15/2024 6:41:21 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: MayflowerMadam

Sometimes there are consequences!

I could see the DOJ filling RICO charges against you and me if we continue to disparage these fine civil servants.

“Former FBI agent Peter Strzok reaches $1.2 million settlement with DOJ”


12 posted on 09/15/2024 6:41:40 AM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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IMO, one of the first things a real President could do is to bar any retirements pending in any anticipation of an investigation.

These goons were part of the assassination attempt to kill former President Trump, IMO.


13 posted on 09/15/2024 6:42:25 AM PDT by Gaffer
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They deserve much more than a wrist slap and cushy retirement.


14 posted on 09/15/2024 6:43:02 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Indeed, Clintonian.


15 posted on 09/15/2024 6:43:29 AM PDT by OKSooner (Domestic animals for Trump.)
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To: metmom
That doesn’t absolve them of responsibility in the matter.

But it does prevent them from testifying to Congress about anything which shows that this was an inside job.

16 posted on 09/15/2024 6:45:30 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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To: hardspunned

If you look at the secret service leadership top level behavior you can make a very strong case that they were intentionally dropping the ball to make it easy President Trump get assassinated.

This while the lawfare show trial prosecutors were trying give President Trump maximum exposure in very hard to secure hostile venues in hopes that an assassin with a bad case of TDS would take care of their Trump problem for them


17 posted on 09/15/2024 6:46:25 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: metmom
That doesn’t absolve them of responsibility in the matter.

But it does give them more legal options to refuse to testify in any subsequent investigations.

Not that those would happen in a Harris administration. But they certainly would happen in a Trump administration.

18 posted on 09/15/2024 6:50:38 AM PDT by flamberge (If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on support from Paul)
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To: hardspunned

By ‘failed’, does that mean they did or didn’t provide protection as directed from a higher source. IOW, the desired result ‘failed’ to be acheived.


19 posted on 09/15/2024 6:52:47 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: hardspunned

Is shorty going to retire?


20 posted on 09/15/2024 6:53:47 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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