Historical requests for more staff and equipment were rejected because of lack of resources, US reports said, as Trump says he was not warned of problems ahead of Pennsylvania rally
Former president Donald Trump is surrounded by US Secret Service agents after the shooting at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July. The agency reportedly refused previous requests for more help from Trump’s security team.Former president Donald Trump is surrounded by US Secret Service agents after the shooting at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July. The agency reportedly refused previous requests for more help from Trump’s security team.
Some agents’ requests for more security equipment and agents to screen attendees at public events were denied owing to a lack of resources, reports in the New York Times and Washington Post said. In a statement to the Times on Saturday, Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi saidThe denied requests for additional resources were not specifically for the rally at which the attempt on Trump’s life was made, the Times reported.
On Saturday night, Trump said nobody had forewarned him of a problem in the lead-up to the rally, telling Fox News: “Nobody mentioned it, nobody said there was a problem. I would’ve waited for 15, they could’ve said let’s wait for 15 minutes, 20 minutes, five minutes, something.” “I think that was a mistake,” he added. “How did somebody get on that roof? And why wasn’t he reported?”
The Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, is set to testify before the US House of Representatives oversight committee on Monday for a hearing related to the Trump rally shooting.
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