OAN Staff James Meyers
2:15 PM – Monday, September 16, 2024
A new report published on Monday revealed new whistleblower allegations regarding the Secret Service’s security failures and the attempted assassination of 45th President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13th.
Advertisement
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s office published a Whistleblower Report revealing the “multiple failures” of the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It also detailed allegations that until now have not been public.
A Secret Service spokesperson claimed they are aware of the report and “will continue to work with Congressional Oversight Committees in both the House and the Senate.”
The whistleblowers alleged that the agent in charge of the Butler rally “failed a key examination during their federal law enforcement training to become a Secret Service agent,” according to the report.
Additionally, the document added that the agent was known as “low-caliber,” according to the whistleblowers involved.
The Secret Service’s intelligence units were also allegedly missing from Trump’s rally. These units are considered groups of agents that work “with state and local law enforcement to handle reports of suspicious persons,” according to the report. These units would have helped limit communication failures between law enforcement agencies, the documents stated.
Furthermore, the report stated that neither agency would publicly name the lead site agent for the Trump rally.
It was also alleged in the report that the hospital where Trump was being treated after the shooting was also not properly secured.
“The Secret Service site agent responsible for hospital security did not know what was going on and could not answer basic questions about site security,” the report claims.
Additionally, the report accused the Secret Service and DHS of not providing certain information he had requested, which included a copy of the manpower request allegedly sent to OPO-Manpower for the Butler rally.
A whistleblower involved in the report alleged that “the manpower request did not include extra security resources because agents on the ground were told not to ask for them in the first place.”
Whistleblowers also alleged to Hawley that the DHS “is leaning on Secret Service not to comply with documents requests from Congress,” according to the report.
Meanwhile, the document also lists multiple questions that have not yet been answered, including the motive for Thomas Matthew Crooks assassination attempt on Trump’s life.
Another report is expected to be released by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations before the election discussing the security failures at the Trump rally.
Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. https://www.oann.com/alerts
Advertisements below