Secret Service leaders didn't want to 'burn through' budget for extra Trump security, GOP lawmaker says
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Rep. Mike Waltz spoke with Fox News Digital about his role on the bipartisan task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
Waltz suggested he was told Trump had been getting the normal level of protection for a former president, but that USSS leadership was hesitant to grant requests for added security for all of his campaign events as a major party candidate for re-election. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
"What I was initially told was that kind of the atmosphere ... the leadership wouldn't say it explicitly, but the tone and the tenor they got back was, 'We're not going to burn through our budget — all the extra overtime, all the extra travel, all these extra agents and resources — so that Trump can have all of these rallies every week,'" Waltz said. "That was really, you know, the kind of message they were getting back. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
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