The information that we've already heard about the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump has been troubling.
A Secret Service agent amazingly was able to stop the alleged suspect by shooting at him, and then a witness coincidentally spotted the suspect and got his license plate.
But how was the guy able to get that close to begin with? And then, on top of it, as we reported, he was supposedly hanging out there, in wait, in his nest for 12 hours. Why didn't they see him before then?
Trump Assassin Was Hidden at Trump's Golf Club for 12 Hours Before He Was Discovered
Now, there's more information from new whistleblowers about what was happening. At this point, one has to be screaming from the rooftops that there is something very wrong going on with this security coverage.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) appeared on Jesse Watters' show on Fox Wednesday night. Hawley relayed that the whistleblowers said the Secret Service has guarded that golf course "many times in the past."
BREAKING: Whistleblowers tell Senator Josh Hawley that “it’s not even clear Secret Service swept the perimeter before Trump took to the course.”
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) September 19, 2024
That’s a massive and inexcusable failure.
But that’s just the beginning of the problems that unfolded. Whistleblowers also revealed… pic.twitter.com/XyDJDWVY1a
According to a whistleblower, protocol requires them to put agents at the areas of vulnerability that exist around the course. They normally put people there; they've done it many times before.
Yet they didn't this time, as the suspect lay in wait.
Hawley said the whistleblowers told him, "That's strange. That's out of protocol."
"It's not even clear Secret Service swept the perimeter before Trump took to the course," Hawley said. If they had, they likely would have found the suspect.
Hawley said this was a breach of protocol, and the whistleblowers want to know why this happened. "The Secret Service deserves to give us answers."
Think about that a moment. It's protocol to check the perimeter. It's protocol to put people at those vulnerable spots. They know about the vulnerable spots. Yet somehow, on this occasion where there's a suspect lying in wait, they throw all the protocol out the window? And the suspect somehow knew that Trump would be there, despite it not being on his schedule.
How do you have that on top of failing to secure a roof with a direct line of sight to Trump in Butler?
On top of that, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) said that members of Congress were told by the acting director of the Secret Service, Ronald Rowe, that Joe Biden ordered that Trump would be getting the same level of protection as Biden. Yet, as Waltz observed, that wasn't what was in place that day of the second attempt at the golf course. So what was going on?
Finally, the Secret Service hasn't even turned over the documents yet from the first attempt that Congress has asked them to provide.
Secret Service is stonewalling: it’s been over 2 months since the Butler assassination attempt
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) September 19, 2024
Secret Service has yet to hand over docs. Why? pic.twitter.com/f3pZFy5PBN
It's hard not to start thinking that it's more than just dropping the ball here.
That thought is concerning on so many levels, to feel that going forward, we can't trust the security that Trump should be provided.
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