Report: Top Secret Service Officials Denied Requests to Increase Security for Trump for Two Years

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Report: Top Secret Service Officials Denied Requests to Increase Security for Trump for Two Years

Elizabeth Weibel 20 Jul 2024

Top officials within the Secret Service reportedly denied requests to increase the security for former President Donald Trump over the past two years, according to several sources.

Four people, who spoke to the Washington Post “on the condition of anonymity,” explained that agents on Trump’s security detail had reportedly asked to be given additional agents and “snipers and specialty teams” for outdoor events or large public gatherings that the former president would attend, as well as equipment such as magnetometers.

A magnetometer is described as being a “device used to detect magnetic fields” that is used to screen people entering “public events, airports, and government buildings,” according to NorthJersey.com.

The sources told the outlet that “senior officials” within the Secret Service reportedly cited having a “lack of resources” due to denials of the requests.

Chief of Communications for the Secret Service Anthony Guglielmi issued a statement on July 14 in which he stated that “the assertation” that Trump’s security team had asked to be given “additional security resources that the U.S. Secret Service or the Department of Homeland Security rebuffed is absolutely false.”

“In fact, recently the U.S. Secret Service added protective resources and capabilities to the former President’s security detail,” Guglielmi added.

The outlet noted that after the Secret Service had previously denied “turning down requests” to provide Trump with “additional security,” they are “now acknowledging some may have been rejected”:

    The Secret Service, after initially denying turning down requests for additional security, is now acknowleding some may have been rejected. The revelation comes as agency veterans say the organization has been forced to make difficult decisions amid competing demands, a growing list of protectees and limited funding.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/20/report-top-secret-service-officials-denied-requests-to-increase-security-for-trump-for-two-years/

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Secret Service admits leaning on 'state and local partners' after claim it ignored Trump team's past requests
Secret Service says it works in 'challenging environments' in new statement
By Andrea Vacchiano , CB Cotton , David Spunt Fox News
Published July 21, 2024 3:10am EDT | Updated July 21, 2024 6:33am EDT

The U.S. Secret Service responded Saturday night to a bombshell report that top officials repeatedly denied past pleas to beef up former President Trump's security detail, saying in a statement that it depends on "state or local partners" to fill in gaps when it can't accommodate such requests.

The report from the Washington Post came exactly a week after Trump was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, while speaking at a rally, prior to his 2024 presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, had been observed by attendees before the shooting began.

The Post reported that, before the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump, top Secret Service officials "repeatedly" denied requests for tighter security measures from Trump's detail. An official granted the interview to the media outlet on the condition of anonymity.

According to the report, agents tasked with protecting Trump requested additional security resources in the past. These requests involved things such as magnetometers or a larger number of personnel to screen guests. Additional snipers had also reportedly been requested in the past.

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/secret-service-responds-report-repeatedly-denied-requests-trump-security-detail-past