Whistleblower Accuses Secret Service of Cutting Threat Assessment Efforts Before Shooting Despite Warnings, Hawley Says
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri said Thursday that a whistleblower had come forward to claim further egregious lapses of security ahead of the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Hawley documented the accusations in a letter to Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe that he posted to X.
“Since your testimony before the Senate of July 30, new and disturbing information has come to light about Secret Service planning for the Butler, Pennsylvania Trump campaign event— and your own involvement,” wrote Hawley.
The letter says the whistleblower accused Rowe of personally cutting manpower to the Secret Service Counter Surveillance Division by 20% and not divulging that information during his testimony before Congress.
Had the CSD been allowed to perform its normal security duties at the Butler rally, according to the whistleblower, the alleged shooter would have been apprehended long before he had a chance to take aim on the former president. (Read more from “Whistleblower Accuses Secret Service of Cutting Threat Assessment Efforts Before Shooting Despite Warnings, Hawley Says” HERE)
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