US Secret Service says rejected Trump requests for more resources: Report
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Secret Service says the denied requests were not specifically for the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the attack took place.
The United States Secret Service has admitted it had turned down a request for additional resources to protect former President Donald Trump before his attempted assassination last week, according to a report carried by The New York Times.
Secret Services spokesman Anthony Guglielmi acknowledged in a statement to the daily that some requests for additional federal security assets for Trump’s detail were turned down in the two years leading up to the attempt on July 13.
He said the denied requests were not specifically for the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on the Republican presidential candidate, clipping his ear and killing a person in the crowd behind him.
The Washington Post also quoted four unnamed informed sources as saying on Saturday that previous requests by the Trump security detail from the Secret Service were repeatedly denied.
Guglielmi had initially denied accusations, including from some Republicans, that it had rejected any requests for more resources.
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