{"id":2460485,"date":"2025-07-13T14:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-alleges-secret-service-cultural-cover-up-in-report-on-butler-shooting-security-failures-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T14:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:58:37","slug":"paul-alleges-secret-service-cultural-cover-up-in-report-on-butler-shooting-security-failures-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-alleges-secret-service-cultural-cover-up-in-report-on-butler-shooting-security-failures-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul alleges Secret Service \u2018cultural cover-up\u2019 in report on Butler shooting security failures &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fpaul-alleges-secret-service-cultural-cover-up-in-report-on-butler-shooting-security-failures-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=2460485&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>Senator Rand Paul has accused teh Secret Service of a &#8220;cultural cover-up&#8221; following a report on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">security failures<\/a> during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024.The Senate Commitee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs found that the Secret Service denied or ignored at least ten requests from Trump&#8217;s security team for additional resources prior to the shooting. Paul criticized the agency for avoiding accountability and internal scrutiny, suggesting that the then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle knowingly gave false testimony to Congress claiming no asset requests were denied. Cheatle resigned shortly after.During the attack, a gunman fired from a rooftop, wounding Trump and killing one person before being killed by a Secret service sniper.  <\/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\">Paul alleges Secret Service &lsquo;cultural cover-up&rsquo; in report on Butler shooting security failures<\/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_2172084\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Rand-Paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rand Paul<\/a> (R-KY) said he believed there is a &ldquo;cultural cover-up&rdquo; within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Secret Service<\/a> following a new report on the assassination attempt of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A report from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs found that the Secret Service &ldquo;denied or left unfulfilled at least 10 requests&rdquo; from Trump&rsquo;s security detail for &ldquo;additional resources&rdquo; ahead of the shooting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3469162\/gop-centrists-retire-endangered-species-trump-grip-power\/\">As Trump&rsquo;s grip tightens, the political center thins out<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3469170\/chuck-schumer-government-shutdown-threat-set-stage-democratic-revolt\/\">Schumer&rsquo;s shutdown threat could set the stage for Democratic revolt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3469214\/subway-trapping-us-senators\/\">The exclusive Capitol subway that keeps trapping US senators<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump has said he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3468397\/trump-satisfied-investigation-butler-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">satisfied<\/a> with the information he has received from the agency about what went wrong that day, but Paul said some people have not been telling the truth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was a cultural cover-up for the agency. They did not want to assess blame. They did not want to look internally,&rdquo; Paul said on CBS News&rsquo;s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>. &ldquo;And they wanted to discount any of their actions that might have led to this. This was a cover your ass sort of moment, and I do believe that they did know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no way that the director of Secret Service, that she did not know that these requests had been made. And, so, yes, it was a huge failure,&rdquo; Paul continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) departs following a classified briefing on President Donald Trump&rsquo;s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The report accuses then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle of &ldquo;falsely&rdquo; testifying to Congress that &ldquo;no USSS asset requests were denied for the Butler rally.&rdquo; Cheatle resigned as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-whitmer-trying-to-hide-whitmers-health-director-got-payout-in-confidential-deal-after-resignation\/\" title=\"\u2018What Is Whitmer Trying To Hide?\u2019: Whitmer\u2019s Health ... Got Payout In Confidential Deal After Resignation\">director shortly<\/a> after her testimony.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3444699\/timeline-increasing-incidents-political-violence-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN THE US: A TIMELINE OF KEY INCIDENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She did not tell the truth. She said that there were no assets that were requested in advance. We found at least four occasions, actually maybe five occasions, where requests were made,&rdquo; Paul said of Cheatle.<\/p>\n<p>On July 13, 2024, a 20-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >gunman opened fire<\/a> on Trump from the rooftop of a nearby building during a campaign event in Butler. A bullet grazed Trump&rsquo;s ear and one person was killed, with two others critically injured. The gunman, Thomas Crooks, was killed on the scene by a Secret Service sniper.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_2172084\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2172084\"}});<\/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>Paul claims Secret Service &#8216;cultural cover-up&#8217; in Butler shooting report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2460486,"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\/2025\/07\/paul-secret-service.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35623,59007,5531,34163,35099],"class_list":["post-2460485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-butler-shooting","tag-cultural-cover-up","tag-paul","tag-secret-service","tag-security-failures"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/paul-secret-service.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460485","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2460485"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2460489,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460485\/revisions\/2460489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2460486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2460485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2460485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2460485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}