Secret Service agents detailed to Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, PA last month were specifically told by headquarters in Washington not to request any additional security for the outdoor rally where a sniper wounded the former president, and that if they made any request, it would be denied.
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A whistleblower reported the new information to Missouri Senator Josh Hawley who wrote to acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, asking him to explain the “apparent contradiction” from Rowe’s Senate testimony. Rowe told the Senate Judiciary Committee last month that no resources were ever denied.
“You must explain this apparent contradiction immediately,” the senator wrote.
The Secret Service has been backpedaling from Day One after the assassination attempt, looking to downplay the plain fact that they
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