Secret Service accuses of 'dropping the ball'

 DC Daily Journal:

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According to a whistleblower, agents failed to follow standard protocol that could have caught a would-be assassin much sooner. Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, brought these alarming revelations to light in a letter to Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe.

The whistleblower, a trusted source who previously protected President Trump at the West Palm Beach golf club, made it clear that the security failures were significant. According to this insider, there are “known vulnerabilities” along the fence line of the golf course, vulnerabilities that provide a clear line of sight to anyone playing on it.

It’s standard Secret Service procedure to station agents at these critical points when Trump visits the course.

But shockingly, “That apparently did not happen on September 15,” Sen. Hawley stated. “Instead, the gunman was permitted to remain along or near the fence line for some 12 hours.”

This blunder allowed a potential assassin to linger dangerously close to the former president without detection.

When questioned about this glaring security lapse, Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe downplayed the situation.

He claimed that Trump’s visit was an “off the record movement” not on the planned schedule, forcing the Secret Service to put together a last-minute security plan.
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The last-minute security plan looks inadequate in hind site.  The golf course is a place that Trump frequently visits and they should have been prepared for such.  I get the impression that the Secret Service detail for Trump did not have enough manpower to adequately cover for him.

See also:

‘There Was Complacency’: Secret Service Reveals Failures That Led to First Trump Assassination Attempt

Breakdowns in communication with local law enforcement impeded the Secret Service’s ability to competently address the first attempt on former president Donald Trump’s life at a Pennsylvania rally in July, according to a preliminary report released Friday.
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