{"id":2295299,"date":"2024-07-15T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-we-know-about-secret-services-role-in-response-to-trump-shooting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T12:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T16:04:27","slug":"everything-we-know-about-secret-services-role-in-response-to-trump-shooting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-we-know-about-secret-services-role-in-response-to-trump-shooting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything we know about Secret Service\u2019s role in response to Trump shooting &#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%2Feverything-we-know-about-secret-services-role-in-response-to-trump-shooting-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=2295299&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 article discusses the Secret Service&#8217;s role in responding to\u2062 a shooting incident involving former President Donald Trump at a rally. Despite the agency&#8217;s presence, a shooter managed to injure \u2062Trump and kill a person in \u2062the audience.\u2063 The article also details security mishaps, including how the shooter gained access to a\u200c rooftop with a clear line of sight \u200dto Trump. Investigations have been announced\u2064 following criticism of the Secret \u2063Service&#8217;s\u2064 handling of the incident. President \u200dJoe \u200cBiden has ordered an independent review, and congressional hearings\u200c are\u200b scheduled to address the\u2062 matter.  <\/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\">Everything we know about Secret Service\u2019s role in response to Trump shooting<\/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\/rokeefe\/\">Ross O&#8217;Keefe<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-15T11:44:44-04:00\">July 15, 2024 11:44 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1702238\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3082224\/trump-im-not-supposed-to-be-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> stood inches away from death Saturday as a shooter\u2019s bullet grazed his ear right before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> agents took the former president down to the ground, later helping him off stage and to a local hospital. Trump did not suffer significant injury.<\/p>\n<p>Several people in the audience had spotted the shooter before he fired and pointed him out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3082355\/secret-service-reviewed-strengthened-rnc-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> agents and law enforcement. Trump\u2019s security, however, failed to react sufficiently to halt the shooter from firing, taking him down only after he shot and killed a person in the audience and injured Trump along with two others.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple inquiries are already underway into Trump\u2019s security and the Secret Service. Here\u2019s what we know about the agency\u2019s role in response to the shooting.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Secret Service availability<\/h2>\n<p>Rumors floated around that Secret Service resources had been diverted from Trump to first lady Jill Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/regional\/jill-biden-revs-up-italian-sons-and-daughters-of-america-in-pittsburgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>appearance<\/a> in Pittsburgh, less than 35 miles away from Trump\u2019s rally. A Secret Service spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecretSvcSpox\/status\/1812676305860645158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called<\/a> this assertion \u201cvery wrong\u201d and said the agency did not divert resources.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecretSvcSpox\/status\/1812451649387933912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>, the agency \u201cadded protective resources, technology, and capabilities as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-denies-that-trump-had-requested-more-security-before-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Secret Service denies that Trump had requested more security before assassination attempt - Washington Examiner\">increased campaign travel tempo<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agency had two counterassault agents on the scene and filled out the rest of a typical group with at least six Butler County tactical units. Two Secret Service counter-sniper teams were also on the scene, but two additional teams that had been recommended for adequate protection at the rally were staffed by local units, an agency spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-rally-shooting-secret-service-identified-rooftop-security-flaw-rcna161783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secret Service agents respond as former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, is surrounded onstage by additional Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security mishaps<\/h2>\n<p>The shooter, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, gained access to a rooftop with a clear line of sight to Trump. The rooftop was one of the only points of elevation in the area in which a shooter could have had a shot at Trump. Buildings behind the stage were secured by Secret Service agents, where they would eventually shoot Crooks dead. According to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-rally-shooting-election-violence-ae383dee203d82ddf38d2e76c63a8bc6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rooftop<\/a> was fewer than 150 meters away from Trump.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-rally-shooting-secret-service-identified-rooftop-security-flaw-rcna161783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a> the rooftop was identified as a \u201cpotential vulnerability\u201d in the days before the event. Department of Homeland Security Chief Alejandro Mayorkas lamented that the shooter was able to gain his position. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA direct line of sight\u00a0like that to the former\u00a0president should not occur,\u201d Mayorkas said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrity-chef-delivers-food-to-d-c-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"Celebrity chef delivers food to D.C. law enforcement\">local police officer<\/a> had climbed a ladder leading to the rooftop where the shooter was, but the assailant aimed his rifle at the officer, causing him to retreat before turning around and shooting Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Butler County Sheriff Michael T. Sloupe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/politics\/2024\/07\/15\/trump-gunman-forced-policeman-to-back-off-in-rooftop-confro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> the officer was gripping the edge of the roof after climbing up using a ladder and could not reach his gun when Crooks aimed at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe lets go because he doesn\u2019t want to get killed,\u201d the sheriff said. <\/p>\n<p>The officer was the only known person to have had a chance at stopping Crooks, other than the two counter-snipers present.<\/p>\n<p>A <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\">person online claiming<\/a> to be Jonathan Willis, who is said to be one of the two snipers on the rooftop, posted on 4chan that he was denied an opportunity to shoot Crooks before he fired at Trump by the head of the agency. He said he didn\u2019t follow orders and engaged anyway.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was arrested and questioned by the FBI afterward, lost his job, then was released on Sunday. The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> could not verify the person\u2019s claim or the authenticity of the post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Police snipers respond after shots were fired while former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, was speaking at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investigations announced following criticism<\/h2>\n<p>An array of investigations have or will soon begin as the Secret Service receives more criticism about its failures Saturday. President Joe Biden ordered \u201can independent review of the national security at yesterday\u2019s rally to assess exactly what happened\u201d in a speech Sunday. The House Oversight Committee will <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ryanobles\/status\/1812857319174094848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hold<\/a> a hearing with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on July 22. <em>Axios<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/14\/congress-investigation-trump-rally-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a> the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will also conduct an investigation into the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tim Burchett (R-OH) blamed DEI in part for the agency\u2019s failed attempt to protect Trump on Saturday, saying Cheatle is a \u201cDEI person\u201d and \u201cthis is what happens when you don\u2019t put the best players in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle previously stated that she\u2019s conscious \u201cof making sure that we need to attract diverse candidates\u201d in the pursuit of DEI.<\/p>\n<p>Other conservative commentators criticized the presence of female agents who were shorter than Trump attempting to protect the former president. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to be taller than the candidate to protect them with your body,\u201d Meghan McCain said. \u201cWhy do they have these short women (one who can\u2019t holster a gun apparently) guarding Trump?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The assassination attempt was the most serious attempt to kill a president or presidential candidate since 1981. <\/p>\n<p>However, there have been multiple assassination plots on presidents in recent years. The most notable include a man attempting to grab an officer\u2019s gun to kill Trump in 2016 and Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez\u2019s shooting toward the White House in 2011, which injured nobody.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1702238\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1702238\"}});<\/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>Everything we know about the Secret Service&#8217;s response to the shooting of former President Trump is being investigated. 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