{"id":2295140,"date":"2024-07-15T08:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T12:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-allegedly-diverted-to-jill-biden-instead-of-trump-just-before-bloody-shooting-report\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T09:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:00:14","slug":"secret-service-allegedly-diverted-to-jill-biden-instead-of-trump-just-before-bloody-shooting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-allegedly-diverted-to-jill-biden-instead-of-trump-just-before-bloody-shooting-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service Allegedly Diverted to Jill Biden Instead of Trump Just Before Bloody Shooting: Report"},"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-allegedly-diverted-to-jill-biden-instead-of-trump-just-before-bloody-shooting-report%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=2295140&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>Former President Donald Trump \u2064survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, leading to questions about the Secret Service&#8217;s actions during the incident. Reports indicate that resources were\u200b diverted away from Trump&#8217;s detail to protect First Lady\u2064 Jill Biden as\u200d she campaigned in the area. The presence of both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-other-leftists-distract-from-capitol-attack-by-focusing-on-gun-control-and-racism\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar, Other Leftists, Distract From Capitol Attack By Focusing On Gun Control And Racism\">high-profile figures<\/a> in the same \u200dlocation may have contributed to\u2062 a security breach. While the Secret Service disputed these claims, investigations \u2064into their \u2064protection \u200bof Trump had begun before the incident. Concerns were raised about the workload \u2062of Trump&#8217;s regular protective detail and the last-minute approval for the Counter Sniper Team. The incident highlights\u200b the need for quick answers and better security \u2063measures to prevent such events in the future.  <\/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\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 15, 2024 at 5:36am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>As it becomes clear that former President Donald Trump will survive his wounds and recover quickly, the focus of Saturday\u2019s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, shifts to <em>how<\/em> this could have happened \u2014 particularly on the watch of the Secret Service.<\/p>\n<p>Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics might have one of the answers as to how this could have happened.<\/p>\n<p>She reported Saturday that resources within the Secret Service were diverted away from the presumptive GOP nominee\u2019s detail and were instead deployed to protect first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jill-biden-scolds-reporters-get-skin-simple-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jill Biden<\/a> as she campaigned for her husband, President Joe Biden, the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Both the first lady and Trump were in the Pittsburgh area on Saturday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/first-lady-dr-jill-biden-and-former-president-donald-trump-campaigning-in-pittsburgh-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KDKA-TV<\/a>; Biden was scheduled to speak \u201cin Pittsburgh with the White House announcing on Wednesday she will speak at an Italian Sons and Daughters dinner. That will also be at 5 p.m. She\u2019s expected to arrive at Pittsburgh International Airport an hour before the event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis marks the First Lady\u2019s third visit to Pittsburgh this summer,\u201d the Pittsburgh station noted.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JUST IN: First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Delivers Remarks On Italian Heritage At Event In Pittsburgh, PA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MHAVOxcOhuE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania is, of course, a battleground state \u2014 and one where Joe Biden should, theoretically, have an advantage; given that his home state of Delaware also includes much of suburban Philadelphia and the two states\u2019 legislative priorities are closely linked, he was often referred to as \u201cPennsylvania\u2019s third senator\u201d during his time in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>However, the erstwhile \u201cthird senator\u201d is down in the Keystone State by 5.3 points in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/pennsylvania\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a> polling aggregate as of Monday morning, and he barely won the state in the 2020 election as well.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s the presence of two high-profile figures in the same area at the same time that might have allowed a security breach at Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-trump-shooter-dead-bloody-disaster-pennsylvania-rally-da-confirms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Butler, Pennsylvania event<\/a>, according to Crabtree, who is RealClearPolitics White House and national political correspondent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the problem that my Secret Sources have cited: Secret Services resources were diverted to Jill Biden\u2019s event and away from Trump\u2019s because they followed agency protocol applying to Trump as a former president, according to two sources within the Secret Service community,\u201d she posted Sunday evening on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were also many supplemental agents from different field officers (not Trump\u2019s regular detail) providing security at the rally because Trump\u2019s regular detail has been overworked (some working 7 days straight), and only two counter-snipers,\u201d Crabtree said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Trump is not just a former president \u2014 he is the first in modern history to have run for president again \u2014 and he has been the focus of several prosecutions and controversies (understatement intentional),\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho made the decision to divert the resources to Jill Biden\u2019s event?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the problem that my Secret Sources have cited: Secret Services resources were diverted to Jill Biden\u2019s event and away from Trump\u2019s because they followed agency protocol applying to Trump as a former president, according to two sources within the Secret Service community.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9MzmS6Bia7\">pic.twitter.com\/9MzmS6Bia7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/susancrabtree\/status\/1812606597753168329?\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anthony Gugliemi, chief of communications for the Secret Service, disputed this report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSusan, this is very wrong. We did not divert resources from FPOTUS Trump &#038; protection models don\u2019t work that way,\u201d he responded several hours later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as \u2018field office teams\u2019 these are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-rejects-accusations-that-security-was-diverted-from-trump-to-jill-bidens-rally-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Secret Service rejects accusations that security was diverted from Trump to Jill Biden\u2019s rally - Washington Examiner\">candidate nominee operations teams<\/a> that are added during election years for the heavy travel tempo.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Susan, this is very wrong. We did not divert resources from FPOTUS Trump &#038; protection models don\u2019t work that way. As far as \u201cfield office teams\u201d these are the candidate nominee operations teams that are added during election years for the heavy travel tempo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ulf45qLAsO\">https:\/\/t.co\/ulf45qLAsO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretSvcSpox\/status\/1812676305860645158?\">July 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Crabtree already had filed a detailed report with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2024\/07\/14\/gop_was_investigating_secret_service_before_assassination_attempt__151261.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a> saying Republicans were looking into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/weeks-ago-dems-tried-strip-trump-future-secret-service-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secret Service<\/a> protection being given to Trump even before the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though Trump and his family members credited the special agents and a counter sniper assigned to his protective detail with saving his life and possibly many others, recriminations against the Secret Service started almost immediately after the assassination attempt,\u201d she wrote in the piece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn late May,\u201d Crabtree <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dei-disaster-petition-circulating-within-secret-service-community-warns-potential-insider-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a>, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability \u201chad launched an investigation into a previous incident that took place in April involving a female Secret Service agent, tasked with protecting Vice President Kamala Harris, who was removed from her duties after suffering an apparent mental breakdown and attacking superior agents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And in other social media posts, she detailed further issues with the attempt on Trump\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew info from a source in the Secret Service community \u2014 Trump\u2019s usual protective Secret Service detail was worked so hard (working 7 days a week with no days off) that many of agents assigned Saturday were temporary replacements from different field offices,\u201d Crabtree wrote in one post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vatican-mute-when-asked-if-pope-francis-told-biden-to-continue-receiving-communion\/\" title=\"Vatican Mute When Asked if Pope Francis told Biden to Continue Receiving Communion\">usual protocol<\/a> for sitting presidents and vice presidents but \u2018typical\u2019 for former presidents, (although no former presidents have run again in modern history.)&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8New info from a source in the Secret Service community \u2014 Trump\u2019s usual protective Secret Service detail was worked so hard (working 7 days a week with no days off) that many of agents assigned Saturday were temporary replacements from different field offices.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/susancrabtree\/status\/1812550621100421127?\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnother Secret Service source says approval for the Counter Sniper Team was only granted the day before the rally \u2013 and that is not enough time for a two-man team to do their survey,\u201d she said in another tweet, quoting the source.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThat\u2019s nowhere near enough time \u2013 a site like that should have had at least three Secret Service counter-sniper teams at the very least,\u201d the source said, according to Crabtree.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">(Cont) \u2026\u201dThat\u2019s nowhere near enough time \u2013 a site like that should have had at least three Secret Service counter-sniper teams at the very least.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/susancrabtree\/status\/1812564787009921138?\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The veracity of this and any other claims as to what went wrong in Butler should be treated as alleged reports, not the gospel truth.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, Crabtree is uniquely positioned to have sources within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/photo-shows-secret-service-agent-rally-attack-wasnt-protecting-trump-disgraceful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secret Service<\/a>, and this wouldn\u2019t be an implausible explanation as to what went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Americans are going to demand answers \u2014 and they want them fast, before something like this, but with a far graver outcome, befalls one of the candidates or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liars-dem-rep-says-no-place-violence-staffer-says-dont-miss-next-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some other 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Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it becomes evident that former President Donald Trump will recover quickly from the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, attention is now turning to how this incident occurred, particularly with regards to the Secret Service&#8217;s role. Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics has suggested that resources were diverted from Trump&#8217;s detail to protect first lady Jill Biden as she campaigned for her husband on the same day. This has raised questions about the security breach at Trump&#8217;s event. The Secret Service has denied these claims, but Crabtree&#8217;s sources within the agency have provided detailed information about potential lapses in security. Regardless of the veracity of these claims, it is clear that Americans will demand answers and accountability in the aftermath of this incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":2295141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Jill-Biden-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32945,34163,3634],"class_list":["post-2295140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-jill-biden","tag-secret-service","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Jill-Biden-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295140","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\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}