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From Fox News: Secret Service agents assured Butler County, Pennsylvania, law enforcement that they would secure the building that would-be assassin Thomas Crooks shot former President Trump and others from on July 13 during an outdoor rally, per an investigation by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
“Butler County law enforcement officials stated that at separate times during the walkthrough, when they reiterated their concerns to the agents and counter sniper about securing the AGR complex buildings, the agents responded: ‘we will take care of it,’” Grassley’s office revealed in a Tuesday letter to acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe.
Trump was shot in the ear during his July rally in the Pennsylvania town, and one attendee was killed while two others were critically injured. It was later discovered that the shooter had positioned himself atop a nearby building and had been known to law enforcement who observed him ahead of the event.
The Iowa senator questioned Rowe whether the Butler County law enforcement officials’ claim is true and, if so, what the Secret Service did to secure the area with the AGR complex buildings.
“My ongoing investigation into the July 13 assassination attempt, as well as a recently uncovered plot by Asif Merchant, a Pakistani native with ties to Iran, to assassinate former President Trump and other high-ranking U.S. government officials, has exposed significant security weaknesses and outright failures in how key U.S. agencies, including the Secret Service, ensure the safety and security of U.S. leaders,” Grassley wrote in the letter to acting Secret Service Director Ron Rowe on Tuesday.
“Moreover, the second attempted assassination against former President Trump on September 15, 2024, raises further questions about the Secret Service’s ability to fulfill its protective mission. This calls for continuing oversight to make sure failures are not repeated,” the letter also stated.
Grassley slammed Rowe for not keeping his promise to be transparent in the investigation into the July 13 assassination attempt against Trump.
“Due to that failure, I’ve had to go around the Secret Service to get answers,” Grassley wrote.
More excerpts from Grassley’s letter to Rowe:
Further, legally protected whistleblower disclosures provided to my office show the position of Secret Service counter snipers and specifically the location of Butler County counter snipers as “Inside AGR Building.”
In addition, whistleblowers have provided my office with legally protected disclosures showing 22 post standers were assigned to the July 13 event and 16 of these individuals were from other federal agencies. On July 20 and July 23, I requested the number of post-standers from all federal agencies present on July 13.10 I never received a response from you.
CLICK HERE to read Grassley’s full letter to Rowe.
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