{"id":2307959,"date":"2024-07-25T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-was-obviously-the-next-vehicle-of-the-deep-state\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T12:48:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:48:36","slug":"the-secret-service-clearly-became-a-tool-of-the-deep-state-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-secret-service-clearly-became-a-tool-of-the-deep-state-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Service clearly became a tool of the Deep State"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fthe-secret-service-clearly-became-a-tool-of-the-deep-state-2%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=2307959&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 recently resigned Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, acknowledged that the \u200drecent shooting incident involving former President Donald\u200c Trump was the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-hawley-says-most-of-trump-rally-security-was-not-secret-service-but-unprepared-and-inexperienced\/\" title=\"Sen. Hawley says most of Trump rally security was not Secret Service, but unprepared and inexperienced\">significant security failure<\/a> in the agency&#8217;s history\u200d since the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981. During a House committee hearing, Cheatle admitted, \u201cOn July\u2062 13th, we failed.\u201d\u2064 This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-potential-scandals-plaguing-the-fbi-biden-bribe-saga\/\" title=\"3 Scandals Surrounding FBI-Biden Bribery Case\">statement raises questions<\/a> about whether the failure lies in the fact that Trump survived\u2064 or simply that he was shot \u200dat all. The incident, highlighted by Trump&#8217;s display of resilience,\u200b symbolizes his ongoing conflicts with political \u200cinstitutions and his status as a target of ideological opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was able to \u2064execute his attack during a rally, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblowers-claim-trumps-butler-rally-had-lax-security-30\/\" title=\"Whistleblowers claim Trump&#039;s Butler Rally had lax security\">security lapses including<\/a> an unsecured vantage point that Cheatle later claimed\u2063 was \u201ctoo sloped\u201d for agents to use. This assertion was disputed by \u200bexperts who argued the rooftop was \u2064easily accessible. The \u200dFBI \u200bhas confirmed\u2063 that Crooks flew a reconnaissance drone near the rally site, further indicating premeditated\u200d actions against \u2064Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle\u2019s resignation \u2063and \u2064the underlying issues surrounding the security arrangements reflect tensions \u200dwithin the Secret Service\u2062 amid increasing scrutiny of \u2064their operational \u200bcapabilities.\u200b Additionally, requests from Trump&#8217;s \u200dcampaign for more security were reportedly denied by the Department of Homeland Security. The agency is\u2063 now urging Trump to scale back his outdoor campaign \u2062events following the attack, highlighting ongoing \u2063concerns over rally safety as the political landscape intensifies ahead of the upcoming elections.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The since-resigned Secret Service director conceded before House lawmakers Monday that this month&rsquo;s shooting of former President Donald Trump was the worst agency security failure since President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On July 13th, we failed,&rdquo; Kimberly Cheatle <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/22\/us-news\/kimberly-cheatle-admits-trump-shooting-was-worst-secret-service-blunder-in-decades-on-july-13th-we-failed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>But was the assassination attempt a failure because Trump survived? Or was it a failure because he was shot in the first place? It&rsquo;s easy to blow off a government attempt to kill the former and potential future president as an episode of conspiratorial paranoia, but not so much when one is reminded of the extent to which Trump has remained the Washington regime&rsquo;s Public Enemy No. 1 since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-secret-service-clearly-became-a-tool-of-the-deep-state\/\" title=\"The Secret Service clearly became a tool of the Deep State\">bloodied fist-pump wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t just an expression of patriotic defiance in the face of a near-assassin&rsquo;s bullet. The former president&rsquo;s display of physical courage was much larger than that. The dramatic images of Trump&rsquo;s heroism in the moment reflected the triumph of an ex-commander-in-chief who&rsquo;s conquered not one but two impeachments, serially fabricated financial scandals, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/13\/democrats-started-trying-to-strip-trumps-secret-service-protection-just-months-before-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">91 state and federal charges<\/a> in a weaponized legal system run by ideological opponents who smear him as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robert_buxbaum\/status\/1815428925553549693\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adolf Hitler<\/a>. An entire decade of character assassinations culminated in a bullet blowing through the right ear of a leader who emerged from the latest assault as a lionized icon of American perseverance and determination just months from an election.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The FBI and the Department of Justice failed to take Trump down through the Russia hoax. Then the intelligence state failed to bring Trump down through impeachment with a hoax on aid to Ukraine. Then congressional Democrats failed to keep Trump down with another hoax surrounding the capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. As the DOJ&rsquo;s lawfare campaign to imprison Trump with a series of charges brought by prosecutors of the incumbent regime began to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/01\/scotus-immunity-ruling-further-delays-trump-trial-in-jack-smiths-d-c-lawfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">derail<\/a> this summer, the Secret Service naturally became the agency of last resort through which Trump&rsquo;s opponents could finally execute their &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/07\/23\/declassified-documents-show-fbi-used-defensive-briefing-in-2016-to-spy-on-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insurance policy<\/a>&rdquo; against another Trump presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, might not have deliberately coordinated with deep state security to pull the trigger on the Republican presidential nominee. But the string of security lapses in the former president&rsquo;s detail clearly left the door open for any number of the crazies who wish to carry out an assassination, including even a deranged 20-year-old, to succeed just once.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/24\/wray-fbi-believes-trump-shooter-live-streamed-venue-two-hours-before-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> Crooks had been able to fly a reconnaissance drone just roughly 200 yards from the rally fairgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, only hours before the event. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-gunman-flew-drone-over-rally-site-hours-before-attempted-assassination-2d0e2e1a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">news<\/a> had already been leaked to The Wall Street Journal, which reported a programmed flight path &ldquo;suggests Crooks flew the drone more than once as he researched and scoped out the event site.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Several law enforcement officials were apparently stationed inside the building from which Crooks was able to fire off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-rally-gunman-fired-eight-shots-under-six-seconds-before-being-killed-by-secret-service-analysis-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eight<\/a> gunshots in under six seconds, injuring two rallygoers and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/15\/late-trump-rallygoer-was-a-real-life-superhero-who-took-a-bullet-to-protect-his-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killing<\/a> one. According to the disgraced ex-Secret Service director, however, the rooftop from which the gunman fired was left vacant because it was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/16\/secret-service-director-we-didnt-put-snipers-on-the-roof-because-it-was-kind-of-sloped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sloped<\/a>.&rdquo; A former roofer <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/17\/any-roofer-worth-his-salt-knows-secret-services-sloped-roof-excuse-is-nonsense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> in a column for The Federalist why Cheatle&rsquo;s &ldquo;&lsquo;Sloped&rsquo; Roof Excuse Is Total Nonsense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Contrary to Director Cheatle&rsquo;s statement,&rdquo; wrote Dmitri Rutkowski, the &ldquo;two- to four-pitch industrial roof is not too &lsquo;sloped.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It presents no special &lsquo;safety factor&rsquo; for agents to walk,&rdquo; Rutkowski explained. &ldquo;It is low-pitch, and people can comfortably stand and maneuver upon it. The killer easily climbed and moved around on it, and the internet is replete with images of agents comfortably walking it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The courageous commitment of front-line agents to take a bullet for the former president was on clear display at this month&rsquo;s rally, but the leadership within the upper echelons of the federal security agency obviously carries no such mandate. The Secret Service director who finally stepped down was also an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/15\/us-news\/secret-service-director-kim-cheatle-landed-job-after-push-by-jill-bidens-office-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appointee<\/a> of First Lady Jill Biden&rsquo;s, whose own detail was apparently beefed up while Trump&rsquo;s team was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/susancrabtree\/status\/1812606597753168329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stripped down<\/a>. In fact, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/13\/democrats-started-trying-to-strip-trumps-secret-service-protection-just-months-before-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied<\/a> the Trump campaign&rsquo;s requests for additional security &ldquo;time and again,&rdquo; and yet Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas still hasn&rsquo;t joined Cheatle in resigning.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Secret Service <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/24\/secret-service-threatens-trump-stop-your-massive-rallies-or-else\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">requested<\/a> Trump forgo any more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-threatens-trump-stop-your-rallies-or-else\/\" title=\"Secret Service Threatens Trump: Stop Your Rallies, Or Else\">outdoor campaign rallies<\/a> right after Republicans wrapped up one of the most successful conventions to propel the party into the fall election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Secret Service did not return an email from The Federalist requesting comment,&rdquo; Federalist Senior Election Correspondent Matt Kittle reported. &ldquo;So it&rsquo;s not clear whether the agency has made the same requests of&nbsp;Vice President Kamala Harris.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An agency otherwise committed to Trump&rsquo;s protection might not have placed a partisan handicap on federally protected persons. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., even tried to strip the Republican presidential candidate of Secret Service protection earlier this year, and Democrats are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/23\/democrats-eye-j6-chairman-who-tried-to-eliminate-trumps-secret-service-protection-to-investigate-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">considering<\/a> the Mississippi lawmaker for a seat on a bipartisan commission to investigate the failed assassination attempt. <\/p>\n<p>Even if Trump&rsquo;s assassination attempt wasn&rsquo;t a government plot to kill an ex-president, it&rsquo;s obvious to Americans that the Secret Service was yet another hostile agency <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/07\/18\/author-rips-secret-service-chief-dei-trump-almost-head-blown-off-douglas-murray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prone<\/a> to the corrupt impulses of far-left ideologues in the capital who grandstand on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. If the Secret Service had been weaponized to block Trump&rsquo;s triumphant return to the Oval Office, the events might look very similar to those of the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recently resigned Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, acknowledged that the \u200drecent shooting incident involving former President Donald\u200c Trump was the most significant security failure in the agency&#8217;s history\u200d since the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981. During a House committee hearing, Cheatle admitted, \u201cOn July\u2062 13th, we failed.\u201d\u2064 This statement raises questions &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2307960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Cheatle-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34701,26894,36155,36154,34163],"class_list":["post-2307959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-conspiracy-theories","tag-deep-state","tag-government-accountability","tag-political-corruption","tag-secret-service"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Cheatle-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307959","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2307960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}