A day after the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., released a whistleblower report on failures by the Secret Service’s failures in the first assassination attempt on the 45th president.
The report found the Secret Service intelligence units were absent from the Butler, Pennsylvania rally on July 13. The intelligence units are teams of Secret Service agents that were paired with state and local law enforcement to handle reports of suspicious persons.
Hawley also found that the hospital where Trump was treated was poorly secured. Hawley’s report said the hospital site agency failed to answer basic questions regarding site security.
The report further highlights that neither the Secret Service, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, nor the DHS, provided answers about who made decisions to deny counter sniper coverage to the rooftop where the Pennsylvania shooter shot Trump.
The report also says neither agency would publicly name the lead site agency for the rally.
The agencies did not answer about reports that the Secret Service denied the Trump campaign requested resources.
Hawley is a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and is among members of Congress to personally survey the Butler, Pennsylvania site.
The senator shared the report with the House Task Force investigating the July 13 shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a shooter grazed Trump’s ear with a bullet.
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