this is big Secret Service said to have denied requests for more security at Trump events Top officials repeatedly rejected requests from Trump’s security detail for more manpower and gear at events before attempted assassination, at times citing lack of resources, people familiar with the asks said. long article, link should work for everyone: https://wapo.st/3WgBsFd excerpt: 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. The Secret Service, after initially denying turning down requests for additional security, is now acknowledging some may have been rejected. The revelation comes as agency veterans say the organization has been forced to make difficult decisions amid competing demands, a growing list of protectees and limited funding. A gunman was able to fire off rounds from an AR-15 style rifle from a rooftop about 150 yards of the former president at the rally last Saturday. Trump was injured as were two others; a man in the crowd was killed. The agency has been under scrutiny over security lapses at the rally. Trump advisers’ anger deepened after an agency spokesman publicly denied that any request for additional security lodged by Trump or his detail had ever been rejected. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who has been under pressure to resign over security lapses at the rally, repeated that denial in a meeting in Wisconsin with Trump campaign leadership in Wisconsin on Monday, people familiar with the discussions said. “The assertion that a member of the former president’s security team requested additional security resources that the U.S. Secret Service or the Department of Homeland Security rebuffed is absolutely false,” said Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Secret Service, in a statement on the day after the shooting. After receiving detailed questions from The Washington Post, Guglielmi said the agency had learned new information indicating the agency’s headquarters may have in fact denied some requests for additional security from Trump’s detail and was reviewing documentation to understand the specific interactions better. more at the link
Didn't he die the next day? I can't remember! I thought he died in a house across the street. My brain is in a fog!!
Nearly 1 trillion a year in interest payments and we can't pay for good security detail or good public education or good public anything else
It's clear that with private equity and public corps hollowing out America after a full generation of easy money, we'll need Blackstone to step in for Premium Security. Maybe have mountain dew or taco bell logos instead of the typical flag lapel pins to shore up the budget and keep those nickel and dime fake libertarians in Congress happy
List everyone president biden has fired during his presidency. Firing would mean admitting a mistake which biden wont do.
Name a presidential admin in the past 45 years who's had worst turnover than "I only hire the best" DJT. Are those crickets I hear?
Keith is another TDS clown .. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/20/trump-shooting-doctor-letter-00169963
No one questioned how a 17 year old was able to camp out on a rooftop at a BLM rally with an AR15. Then later in the day shoot three people and walk past the police with the gun still in his hands.
