{"id":2294679,"date":"2024-07-14T13:42:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T17:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-denies-that-trump-had-requested-more-security-before-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T13:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T17:47:39","slug":"secret-service-denies-that-trump-had-requested-more-security-before-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-denies-that-trump-had-requested-more-security-before-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service denies that Trump had requested more security before assassination attempt &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecret-service-denies-that-trump-had-requested-more-security-before-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2294679&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary provided in the code is \u2064about the Secret Service denying allegations that former President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-predicts-trump-march-trial-date-will-be-disastrous-for-republican-party\/\" title=\"Christie warns of Republican Party&#039;s doom with Trump&#039;s March trial.\">team\u200c requested<\/a> \u200bmore security before \u2063an\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a>. The\u2063 Secret Service spokesperson, \u200cAnthony Guglielmi, refuted the claims \u200band stated that they had provided\u200c additional resources and technology\u2063 for increased campaign travel.\u2063 The incident has led to scrutiny of the Secret Service and \u2063allegations of \u200dthe \u200dBiden administration\u200d rebuffing \u2062requests for enhanced protection. \u200bTech figures like Bill \u200cAckman and Elon Musk have criticized the \u2063Secret Service&#8217;s response to the incident,\u2064 with\u2064 Musk\u200c suggesting that there \u2063was extreme incompetence or deliberate\u200b action involved. The shooter, \u2064identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was able to get\u200b close to Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania, leading\u2063 to further\u200d criticism \u2063of the Secret Service&#8217;s handling of the situation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Secret Service denies that Trump had requested more security before assassination attempt<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/ehallas\/\">Emily Hallas<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-14T11:19:12-04:00\">July 14, 2024 11:19 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701734\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> denied allegations that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s team requested reinforcements as questions mount about how a shooter was able to get so close to the former president during his rally. <\/p>\n<p>Following the attempted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>assassination<\/a> attempt against Trump Saturday during his rally in Pennsylvania, the Secret Service has been under scrutiny over the incident, and allegations that Trump\u2019s team had previously requested additional resources, and were denied them, have continued to circulate.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Secret Service, denied such accusations on Sunday morning. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an untrue assertion that a member of the former President\u2019s team requested additional security resources &#038; that those were rebuffed. This is absolutely false. In fact, we added protective resources &#038; technology &#038; capabilities as part of the increased campaign travel tempo\u201d Guglielmi <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecretSvcSpox\/status\/1812451649387933912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> in a statement to X.<\/p>\n<p>The comment from the Secret Service comes after the <em>Federalist<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/13\/democrats-started-trying-to-strip-trumps-secret-service-protection-just-months-before-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported that a source familiar<\/a> with Trump\u2019s Secret Service Security detail had \u201cbeen asking for beefed up protection and resources for weeks, but has been rebuffed time and again by Biden\u2019s DHS. DHS, which oversees Secret Service protective detail \u201cwasn\u2019t responsive to those requests\u201d for more resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>Billionaire Bill Ackman<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1812285740673351680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> worried<\/a> over the rumor, noting that independent presidential candidate RFK Jr. had also expressed concerns over his Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alexandro Mayorkas <\/a>refusing his request five times for Secret Service protection. Kennedy\u2019s father and uncle, President John F. Kennedy, were both assassinated during their time in politics. Ackman demanded \u201cBiden-level security\u201d for both candidates \u201cfor the sake of our democracy,\u201d in a post to X.<\/p>\n<p>Tech mogul Elon Musk added his criticism of the Secret Service to a post to X on Saturday evening. \u201cThe head of the Secret Service and the leader of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-on-major-security-upgrade-will-fine-members-5k-for-bypassing-metal-detectors\/\" title=\"House Votes On Major Security Upgrade, Will Fine Members K For Bypassing Metal Detectors\">security detail<\/a> should resign,\u201d Tech mogul <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1812278791105913068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>slammed<\/a> the agency after the attempt to take out Trump. Later, he posted to X \u201cExtreme incompetence or it was deliberate,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1812296672510111853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>slammed<\/a> the agency over the weekend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The head of the Secret Service and the leader of this security detail should resign <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ihlEC5NP1w\">https:\/\/t.co\/ihlEC5NP1w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1812278791105913068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Secret Service continues to face criticism for how close the shooter, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was able to get in such close proximity to the former president. <\/p>\n<p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-denver-professor-blames-israel-for-rushdie-attack\/\" title=\"University of Denver Professor Blames Israel for Rushdie Attack\">attempted assassination attempt<\/a> on Trump, witnesses at the Pennsylvania rally <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SharpFootball\/status\/1812265909727396107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told BBC News that they observed Crooks<\/a> crawling up the roof with a rifle. The rally attendees say they warned the police and Secret Service for at least two to three minutes before Crooks opened fire on the former president. <\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning, House Speaker Mike Johnson says he expressed concern to Mayorkas that the agency failed to use drones and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-cuccinelli-fence-being-built-around-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"Ken Cuccinelli: Fence being built around U.S. Capitol\">security measures<\/a> to eliminate deadly threats to the former president. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to know how an individual could be at that elevation that was seen by, apparently, bystanders on the ground. How could not that not be noticed by Secret Service? Lots more questions than answers this morning,\u201d Johnson worried <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1812463366713069702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>during an interview<\/a> on the <em>Today Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked Secretary Mayorkas last night \u2026 were drones being used in the vicinity? I mean, that would be an obvious thing. You would be able to spot someone on a roof. He didn\u2019t know when I asked him that question,\u201d the GOP leader added.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701734\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701734\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secret Service has denied claims that former President Donald Trump&#8217;s team requested additional security before the assassination attempt, despite reports suggesting otherwise. The agency has faced criticism for allowing the shooter to get so close to the former president during the rally in Pennsylvania. Witnesses reported seeing the shooter crawling on the roof with a rifle before opening fire. Critics, including billionaire Bill Ackman and tech mogul Elon Musk, have called for resignations within the Secret Service leadership. House Speaker Mike Johnson has also expressed concerns about the agency&#8217;s failure to use drones and other security measures to prevent such threats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2294680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-rally-secret-service.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,34163,3646,3634],"class_list":["post-2294679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-secret-service","tag-security","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-rally-secret-service.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}