{"id":2309575,"date":"2024-07-26T13:30:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2309575"},"modified":"2024-07-26T13:33:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:33:59","slug":"secret-service-was-obviously-the-next-vehicle-of-the-deep-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-was-obviously-the-next-vehicle-of-the-deep-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service Was Obviously The Next Vehicle 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%2Fsecret-service-was-obviously-the-next-vehicle-of-the-deep-state%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=2309575&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 \u2064Director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, acknowledged during a House\u2062 hearing that\u200b the shooting incident\u2064 involving former President Donald Trump marked the most significant security failure for the agency since the \u200dassassination \u200dattempt on\u200c President \u200bRonald\u2062 Reagan in 1981. On July 13, Cheatle characterized the event as a failure of the agency&#8217;s protective measures, \u200braising\u200d questions about\u200d whether the failure was in allowing the \u2062attack to happen,\u200c or in Trump\u2064 surviving it.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting \u2063incident has reignited discussions on Trump\u2019s\u200d contentious relationship with the establishment since \u2064his\u200b 2015 \u2062campaign and highlights the various\u200c attempts to undermine\u2062 his political career\u2062 through impeachment and\u200c legal troubles. The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, reportedly conducted reconnaissance of the rally venue prior\u200d to the attack, raising concerns about security lapses that made such \u2063an attack possible.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2063 law \u2064enforcement\u2063 presence at the event,\u2062 Crooks managed to\u2064 fire \u2063eight\u200d shots in rapid succession from an unsecured rooftop, killing one person and injuring two others. Cheatle&#8217;s explanation for the lack of preventative \u2064measures, citing the sloped\u200b nature of the roof, was met with skepticism from\u200c experts. <\/p>\n<p>The incident has\u2062 also spotlighted perceived disparities in security allocations, with \u200caccusations that the Trump\u200d camp&#8217;s requests \u200cfor increased protection were routinely \u2063denied, even\u200c as security measures for other political figures were strengthened. Following the shooting, \u2064the Secret Service \u200burged Trump\u200d to limit\u2063 outdoor campaign events, leading to further concerns about the agency&#8217;s \u200dcommitment to protecting him.  <\/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, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-secret-service-clearly-became-a-tool-of-the-deep-state-2\/\" title=\"The Secret Service clearly became a tool of the Deep State\">serially fabricated financial scandals<\/a>, 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-secret-service-clearly-became-a-tool-of-the-deep-state-3\/\" title=\"The Secret Service clearly became a tool of the Deep State\">weaponized legal system run<\/a> 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 outdoor campaign rallies 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 acknowledged in front of House lawmakers on Monday that the shooting of former President Donald Trump earlier this month represented the most significant security failure for the agency since the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Kimberly Cheatle stated, \u201cOn July 13th, we failed.\u201d However, the question arises: was this incident deemed a failure because Trump escaped unharmed, or was it a failure simply because he was shot at all? While it may be easy to dismiss the idea of a government plot against a former and potentially future president as mere conspiracy theory, it becomes more concerning when considering that Trump has been viewed as a major adversary by the Washington establishment since 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s defiant fist-pump after the shooting was not just a show of patriotic bravery; it symbolized something much greater. The striking images of his courage in that moment illustrated the resilience of a former president who has faced two impeachments, numerous fabricated financial scandals, and 91 state and federal charges in a legal system perceived as weaponized by his ideological foes, who liken him to Adolf Hitler. A decade of character attacks culminated in a bullet grazing the ear of a leader who emerged from this latest ordeal as a celebrated figure of American resilience, just months ahead of an election.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI and the Department of Justice were unable to undermine Trump through the Russia investigation. They also failed to remove him via impeachment related to a fabricated scandal involving aid to Ukraine. Congressional Democrats could not keep him down following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, which was also based on dubious claims. As the DOJ&#8217;s efforts to imprison Trump through a series of charges began to falter this summer, the Secret Service became the last line of defense for Trump&#8217;s opponents to implement their &#8220;insurance policy&#8221; against another Trump presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, may not have intentionally collaborated with deep state operatives to target the Republican presidential nominee. However, the series of security oversights in Trump&#8217;s protection detail clearly left the door open for various individuals, including a disturbed 20-year-old, to potentially succeed in an assassination attempt. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the FBI confirmed that Crooks had flown a reconnaissance drone within approximately 200 yards of the rally site in Butler, Pennsylvania, just hours before the event. Reports indicated that the drone&#8217;s programmed flight path suggested Crooks had conducted multiple reconnaissance flights to survey the location. <\/p>\n<p>Despite several law enforcement officials being present inside the venue, Crooks managed to fire eight shots in under six seconds, injuring two attendees and killing one. According to the former Secret Service director, the rooftop from which the shooter fired was left unguarded because it was &#8220;sloped.&#8221; However, a former roofer criticized this explanation, arguing that the roof&#8217;s pitch was not too steep for agents to navigate safely.<\/p>\n<p>The bravery of the front-line agents willing to protect the former president was evident at the rally, but it was clear that the leadership within the Secret Service lacked the same commitment. The director who resigned was appointed by First Lady Jill Biden, whose own security detail was reportedly enhanced while Trump&#8217;s was diminished. The Department of Homeland Security repeatedly denied the Trump campaign&#8217;s requests for increased security, yet Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has not resigned alongside Cheatle.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Secret Service suggested that Trump avoid any further outdoor campaign events right after Republicans concluded a highly successful convention. The agency did not respond to inquiries regarding whether similar requests were made to Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>An agency that was genuinely dedicated to Trump&#8217;s safety would not have imposed such partisan restrictions on federally protected individuals. Earlier this year, Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, even attempted to revoke Trump&#8217;s Secret Service protection, and Democrats are considering him for a position on a bipartisan commission to investigate the failed assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the attempt on Trump&#8217;s life was not a government conspiracy, it is evident to many Americans that the Secret Service has become another agency susceptible to the corrupt influences of far-left ideologues in Washington, who prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. If the Secret Service had been weaponized to prevent Trump&#8217;s return to the Oval Office, the recent events might appear strikingly similar. <\/p>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of &#8220;Social Justice Redux,&#8221; a conservative newsletter focused on culture, health, and wellness. He has contributed to The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal, with his work also featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University with a major in political science and a minor in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2309579,"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":[546],"tags":[32662,26894,36356,36357,34163],"class_list":["post-2309575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-conspiracy-theory","tag-deep-state","tag-government-agencies","tag-political-intrigue","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\/2309575","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=2309575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2309579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}