Senator Josh Hawley Reveals “Inexperienced” DHS Personnel Were Assigned To Trump And Not Secret Service

Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri shared that most of Trump’s security detail at his rally on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania were unprepared and inexperienced DHS personnel rather than Secret Service agents.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Hawley wrote, “Whistleblowers tell me that MOST of Trump’s security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service. DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel.”

Hawley added, “According to the allegations, the July 13 rally was considered to be a ‘loose’ security event. For example, detection canines were not used to monitor entry and detect threats in the usual manner.”

“Individuals without proper designations were able to gain access to backstage areas. Department personnel did not appropriately police the security buffer around the podium and were also not stationed at regular intervals around the event’s security perimeter,” continued Hawley.

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🚨🚨 Whistleblowers tell me that MOST of Trump’s security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service. DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel 👇 pic.twitter.com/eo4jNmJWFT

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 19, 2024

BREAKING: Senator Josh Hawley says whistleblowers have come forward, alleges the Biden DHS assigned “unprepared and inexperienced personnel” to Trump who weren’t even Secret Service.

“Whistleblowers who have direct knowledge of the event have approached my office. According to… pic.twitter.com/8sSXYmYWZx

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 19, 2024

Here’s what The Daily Wire shared:

Hawley shared a letter he was sending to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding answers for a series of apparent lapses in security that ultimately allowed a gunman to attain access to an elevated position less than 200 yards from the rally stage where Trump was speaking. Secret Service is part of DHS.

“Whistleblowers tell me that MOST of Trump’s security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service. DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel,” Hawley said.

“I write to raise concerns brought to me by whistleblowers about your department’s stunning failure to protect former President Trump on July 13, 2024,” Hawley began. “As Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), you are ultimately responsible for your agency and its components, including the U.S. Secret Service (USSS).”

Hawley then cited whistleblowers, whom he said had identified several apparent failures when it came to the security of the Trump rally on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.

“According to the allegations, the July 13 rally was considered to be a ‘loose’ security event. For example, detection canines were not used to monitor entry and detect threats in the usual manner. Individuals without proper designations were able to gain access to backstage areas. Department personnel did not appropriately police the security buffer around the podium and were also not stationed at regular intervals around the event’s security perimeter,” he wrote.

The FBI and Secret Service want to hold backroom briefings about the assassination attempt against President Trump.

No more sweeping the facts under the rug—we need PUBLIC hearings & PUBLIC testimony. Under oath. pic.twitter.com/7qAB0cmMad

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 18, 2024

Per American Military News:

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has demanded Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas provide the American people with answers concerning troubling allegations raised by whistleblowers about the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday.

Hawley released a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday, claiming that whistleblowers had exposed the Department of Homeland Security for failing to protect the former president. He tweeted, “Whistleblowers tell me that MOST of Trump’s security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service. DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel.”