{"id":2308109,"date":"2024-07-25T14:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T18:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-refused-police-offer-of-drone-before-assassination-attempt-whistleblower-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T18:51:03","slug":"whistleblower-secret-service-declined-police-drone-offer-before-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-secret-service-declined-police-drone-offer-before-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Whistleblower: Secret Service declined police drone offer 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\">26<\/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%2Fwhistleblower-secret-service-declined-police-drone-offer-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=2308109&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>A whistleblower has informed Senator Josh Hawley that the Secret Service rejected an offer from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump pledges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a> to utilize drone technology\u2064 for security at a rally where former President Donald Trump was shot \u200cat. The whistleblower claims that the offer \u200bwas \u200dmade the night \u2063before the rally but was declined despite the drone&#8217;s capability to \u200bidentify and neutralize an active shooter. After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-man-is-dead-2-wounded-in-long-beach-shooting\/\" title=\"1 Dead, 2 Injured in Long Beach Shooting\">shooting incident occurred<\/a>, the Secret Service changed its stance and requested\u2063 local police to use \u200bdrones to monitor \u200dthe situation. This revelation\u2062 follows confirmation from FBI Director Christopher Wray that the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, had flown \u200ca drone over the rally site two hours \u2064prior to the attack, during which he managed \u2063to fire shots into the crowd, resulting in one death and multiple injuries.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Secret Service refused police offer of drone before assassination attempt: Whistleblower<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1712620\" 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\">Secret Service<\/a> declined an offer from local law enforcement to use drone technology at the rally where a gunman took shots at former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>, an anonymous whistleblower told Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-hawley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Josh Hawley<\/a> (R-MO).<\/p>\n<p>Hawley revealed in a letter published Thursday to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that the whistleblower said the Secret Service &ldquo;repeatedly&rdquo; objected to using a drone that was capable of identifying and neutralizing an active shooter.<\/p>\n<p>The whistleblower said a local law enforcement partner made the drone offers to the Secret Service the night before the rally, according to Hawley. The whistleblower said that after the shooting occurred, the Secret Service &ldquo;changed course&rdquo; and asked local police to use drone technology to surveil the scene, Hawley wrote.<\/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\">&#128680;&#128680; NEW &ndash; Whistleblower tells me <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-declined-drone-use-before-trump-shooting\/\" title=\"Secret Service Declined Drone Use Before Trump Shooting\">local law enforcement partners &#038;amp<\/a>; suppliers offered drones to Secret Service BEFORE the rally &ndash; but Secret Service declined <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UM0jfrMc9z\">pic.twitter.com\/UM0jfrMc9z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1816508920757662041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 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 revelation comes after FBI Director Christopher Wray <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3097152\/wray-gunman-flew-drone-over-trump-rally-site-before-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>confirmed<\/a> on Wednesday that Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, flew a drone over the rally site in Butler, Pennsylvania, about two hours before he carried out the shooting. Crooks was able to fire multiple shots into the rally crowd from a nearby rooftop, killing one, critically injuring two, and causing a minor injury to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Wray said the FBI reverse-engineered the drone&rsquo;s flight path and found that Crooks flew it around roughly 200 yards from the stage where Trump later spoke and livestreamed the site for about 11 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This raises an obvious question: why was the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) not using its own drones?&rdquo; Hawley wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri lawmaker said it was &ldquo;hard to understand&rdquo; why the Secret Service did not stop Crooks from using a drone so close to the rally start time while also refusing an offer from local police to employ a drone to help secure the event.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley&rsquo;s revelation comes as the Secret Service faces intense scrutiny for the security failures that led to the first assassination attempt on a current or former president since 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle announced her resignation this week after she struggled to provide answers to House lawmakers&rsquo; questions at a hearing about the security missteps on Monday. Cheatle admitted at the hearing that it was &ldquo;the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-director-confirms-no-disciplinary-action-taken-following-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Secret Service director confirms no disciplinary action taken following Trump assassination attempt - Washington Examiner\">significant operational failure<\/a> at the Secret Service in decades,&rdquo; and she faced bipartisan calls to step down from her post.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several entities, including the Department of Homeland Security inspector general and a House task force, have opened investigations into the shooting and the Secret Service&rsquo;s actions surrounding it.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service did not respond to a request for comment on Hawley&rsquo;s letter.<\/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_1712620\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1712620\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A whistleblower has informed Senator Josh Hawley that the Secret Service rejected an offer from local law enforcement to utilize drone technology\u2064 for security at a rally where former President Donald Trump was shot \u200cat. The whistleblower claims that the offer \u200bwas \u200dmade the night \u2063before the rally but was declined despite the drone&#8217;s capability &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2308110,"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\/AP24204597816698.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36169,34163,14057],"class_list":["post-2308109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-police-drones","tag-secret-service","tag-whistleblower"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24204597816698.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308109","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2308109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}