{"id":2308129,"date":"2024-07-25T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T19:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-refused-police-offer-of-drone-before-assassination-attempt-whistleblower-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T15:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T19:04:15","slug":"whistleblower-secret-service-declined-police-drone-offer-before-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-secret-service-declined-police-drone-offer-before-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner-2\/","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-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=2308129&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 recent revelation from a\u200c whistleblower highlighted that the Secret Service rejected \u2063an 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 use drone technology \u200cat \u2062a rally \u200cattended by former\u2062 President Donald Trump. This \u200cinformation was disclosed by Senator Josh Hawley in a letter \u200dto Homeland Security Secretary \u200bAlejandro Mayorkas. The whistleblower claimed that the Secret Service &#8220;repeatedly&#8221; objected\u200c to utilizing a\u200b drone capable of identifying and neutralizing an active \u2062shooter, even though the offer\u2063 was made the night \u200cbefore the \u2064event. After \u200da shooting incident at the rally, the Secret Service \u2063reportedly\u2064 asked for drone assistance \u200bto monitor the scene. This incident unfolded after FBI Director Christopher Wray\u2064 confirmed that a 20-year-old suspect, Thomas Matthew Crooks, flew a drone over the rally site shortly before opening fire, resulting in\u2062 one death \u2063and \u200cmultiple 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-secret-service-declined-police-drone-offer-before-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Whistleblower: Secret Service declined police drone offer before assassination attempt - Washington Examiner\">local law enforcement partner made<\/a> 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 significant operational failure 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 recent revelation from a\u200c whistleblower highlighted that the Secret Service rejected \u2063an offer from local law enforcement to use drone technology \u200cat \u2062a rally \u200cattended by former\u2062 President Donald Trump. This \u200cinformation was disclosed by Senator Josh Hawley in a letter \u200dto Homeland Security Secretary \u200bAlejandro Mayorkas. The whistleblower claimed that the Secret Service &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2308130,"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":[34943,36171,34163,32076,14057],"class_list":["post-2308129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-police-drone","tag-secret-service","tag-washington-examiner","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\/2308129","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=2308129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}