A top Senate Republican wants answers on why the Secret Service assigned four times more agents to First Lady Jill Biden than GOP nominee Donald J. Trump on the day he was nearly assassinated at a Pennsylvania rally.
In a letter to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) cited communications provided by whistleblowers showing that on July 13, Mrs. Biden was given a dozen agents for “post standing” for a mundane event in Pittsburgh while Trump only got three for his rally in nearby Butler, a stunning lack of protection for the “new Hitler” who was a prime target for having a shot taken at him.
EXCLUSIVE: Internal Secret Service Docs Show Only Three Post-Standers Allotted to Trump Rally vs. 12 at Jill Biden’s Event
Ahead of Secret Service Director Cheatle’s Congressional testimony Monday, Sen. Chuck Grassley presses her for answers in a letter sent yesterday,… pic.twitter.com/CuXkf5nZ2Y
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) July 21, 2024
“My office has received legally protected whistleblower disclosures that include records of communications between and among Secret Service personnel. The records include communications from July 11, 2024, that show First Lady Jill Biden received 12 Secret Service personnel for “post sanding” for her event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024,” the letter reads.
“Those same communications show that former President Trump received three Secret Service personnel for ‘post standing’ for his event in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024,” Grassley wrote, including an excerpt of the communications that he refers to.
According to a portion of one email with the subject line of “203.080 First Lady Dr. Jill Bident to Pittsburgh, PA,” it states the “following 12 personnel have been selected for a temporary assignment as post-standers in support of the First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to Pittsburgh, PA on July 13, 2024.”
The second email with the subject line “203.080 Candidate Donald Trump to Pittsburgh, PA” says that “the following 3 personnel have been selected for a temporary assignment as post-standers in support of candidate Donald Trump to Pittsburgh, Pa on July 13, 2024.”
The letter is dated July 20, two days before Cheatle is set to testify on Capitol Hill where she’ll be grilled over the inexplicable failure to protect Trump who nearly became the first major party candidate to be assassinated since Bobby Kennedy in 1968.
X users had some thoughts on the skewed priorities of the Secret Service.
Cheatle and Mayorkas need to serve jail time for this. It was deliberate, and it was designed to allow exactly what happened: an assassination attempt on Trump. https://t.co/izN7TIeK2R
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 21, 2024
Jill Biden decided a few days before July 13 to attend an Italian American dinner (as the 1st Italian First Lady she claimed). She spoke for about 5 minutes. https://t.co/RGxRC3x3yq
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) July 21, 2024
Did Jill Biden decide to go to Pittsburgh after Donald Trump had scheduled his rally? Was her trip an excuse to draw resources away from Trump?
— Dawn Z (@Dawnzey810) July 21, 2024
It was a hit.
How else could @SecretService ensure the assassin had a reasonable chance? https://t.co/F1DIxdEOoX
— Randy Windborne (@randywindborne) July 22, 2024
This shows intent.
Very good reporting.
Thank you
— Rob (@RobAustinH) July 22, 2024
Cheatle has refused to resign and now-lame duck President Joe Biden won’t fire her, a resounding statement that there is no accountability for DEI hires.
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