Secret Service HQ BLOCKED Extra Agents for Rally Where Trump Was Almost Assassinated

Little by little, the truth is being revealed about what really went on that fateful July day where President Trump was very nearly almost assassinated by a bullet that struck his ear.

And, the more we find out, the more damning it looks for Secret Service.

Senator Josh Hawley has just dropped more details about the events of the Butler, PA rally — and, things are even fishier than they already seemed.

According to a whistleblower from the Secret Service, agency headquarters not only understaffed Trump’s rally. They actually told agents not to ask for more manpower and that any requests for more agents would be denied on the spot.

Take a look:

🚨🚨 NEW – Whistleblower says Secret Service HQ told agents working the Butler PA event NOT to request additional manpower resources for the rally & warned any such requests would be denied. Contradicts Director Rowe testimony, who said no resources were ever denied pic.twitter.com/85sHTAI82u

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) August 23, 2024

🚨BUTLER, PA BOMBSHELL🚨

New whistleblower testimony obtained by Senator Hawley reveals Secret Service HQ directed agents on the ground at the rally to NOT request additional resources as they would be denied

This is smelling dirtier by the day. pic.twitter.com/EORQWDSnhK

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 23, 2024

Strange.

It’s almost as if SS was planning something…

The New York Post reported:

Secret Service top brass encouraged agents not to request additional security for Donald Trump’s Butler, Pa. rally last month where a would-be assassin nearly killed the former president, according to a whistleblower.

The whistleblower allegations were revealed in a Friday letter from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe, in which the lawmaker demanded answers to Rowe’s “apparent contradiction” that no security assets were denied for the event.

“You must explain this apparent contradiction immediately,” the senator wrote.

The whistleblower claimed that the officials at Secret Service headquarters told agents in charge of the Butler campaign event to forgo asking for any additional security via a formal manpower request — which are typically made by lead advance agents ahead of trips and submitted to the local field office, in this case, Pittsburgh.

The request, which includes the number of personnel and other security assets, is submitted to the Secret Service’s Office of Protective Operations – Manpower for final review.

By allegedly informing agents not to ask for extra security in the formal request, the Secret Service was “effectively denying these assets through informal means,” Hawley (R-Mo.) claimed in the letter to Rowe.

The whistleblower claims that officials with the Secret Service’s Office of Protective Operations – Manpower “preemptively informed the Pittsburgh field office that the Butler rally was not going to receive additional security resources because Trump is a former president and not the incumbent President or Vice President.

Notably, this new information contradicts earlier testimony given by SS Director Rowe, who previously denied that any manpower requests were refused.

The Washington Examiner noted:

A Secret Service department that handles manpower requests urged agents not to ask for additional security for the rally where an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump occurred, according to a whistleblower report.

The whistleblower told Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) that the Secret Service Office of Protective Operations — Manpower essentially denied security assets “through informal means” by encouraging agents not to seek more manpower for the rally, Hawley wrote in a letter on Friday to Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe.

Hawley accused Rowe of giving inaccurate testimony when he appeared before the Senate in July and faced questions about the assassination attempt.

“If you’re talking about Butler, Pennsylvania, all assets requested were approved,” Rowe had testified.

Hawley said Rowe “must explain this apparent contradiction immediately” and asked the acting director to answer numerous questions about the event.

The rally on July 13 marked the most significant security failure by the Secret Service in decades. A 20-year-old gunman was able to access a roof in close proximity to Trump and fire shots into the crowd, leaving one dead, two seriously injured, and Trump with a minor injury.

Agents responsible for protecting Trump at the rally made a routine manpower request ahead of the event but did not ask for countersniper teams or Counter Surveillance Division personnel, Hawley wrote. Hawley said the end result was that field agents did not receive these assets until the last minute, leaving little time for the added security personnel to prepare for the rally.

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Make no mistake: President Trump was betrayed that day.

Someone needs to be held accountable.

But, until then, this is why it’s more important than ever to pray for his safety up until and past Election Day.