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Sen. Hawley Drops Bombshell Whistleblower Report On First Trump Assassination Attempt

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) yells at U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe, during a hearing about the attempted assassination of ex-President Donald Trump at a campaign rally, convened by the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, Washington, DC, July 30, 2024. One person was killed and two critically injured, but the former President sustained only a minor flesh wound. (Photo by Allison Bailey / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) yells at U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe during a hearing about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally convened by the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee in Washington, DC, July 30, 2024. (Photo by ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN Staff James Meyers
2:15 PM – Monday, September 16, 2024

SEE: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/sen-hawley-drops-bombshell-whistleblower-report-on-first-trump-assassination-attempt/; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:

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. 

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 have so far not been made 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 noted that neither agency would agree to publicly name the lead site agent for the Butler Trump rally. The report also claimed that the hospital where Trump was being treated after an attempt on his life 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 highlighted 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.

The document goes on to list multiple questions that have not yet been answered, including the motive behind Thomas Matthew Crooks’s assassination attempt on Trump’s life. 

Another report is expected to be released by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations before the election. It will go into further detail regarding the security failures at the Trump rally. 

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