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This is real horrible information.
I spent a career in a good middle size local law enforcement agency.
Since we often enough had 'dignitaries' visit us, the Secret Service
invited, and my department sent about 10 of us to a nearby military
base where they put on a 7 to 10 day training class on dignitary
protection. So we were able to work smoothly in conjunction with
them and similarly trained organizations. Over the decades this
was refreshed along with other agencies. So when dignitaries like
President Reagan, Queen Elizabeth, and President Clinton came we
were a properly trained protection force able to smoothly work
together.
Why has that capacity been lost??

from https://nypost.com/2024/09/04/us-news/most-agents-guarding-trump-during-assassination-attempt-at-were-homeland-security-personnel-who-took-two-hour-online-webinar-sen-hawley/

Most agents guarding Trump during assassination attempt were Homeland
Security personnel who took ‘two-hour online webinar’: Sen. Hawley
By Olivia Land
Published Sep. 4, 2024, 7:51 a.m. ET

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Sen. Josh Hawley said he’s been informed by whistleblowers that most of
the agents assigned to protect Donald Trump during the assassination
attempt at his Butler, Pa., rally in July were Homeland Security
personnel who had minimal protective training.

Instead of having dozens of Secret Service agents on his detail for the
July 13 rally, Trump was mostly guarded by Homeland Security agents who
only received online webinar training before the event, Hawley (R-Mo.)
said in an interview on “Jesse Watters Primetime” Tuesday evening.

“A two-hour, online webinar. And I’m told that half the time, the sounds
to the webinar didn’t even work,” Hawley claimed.

Sen. Josh Hawley said that he's been informed by whistleblowers that
most of the agents assigned to Donald Trump during his assassination
attempt had minimal protection training.
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Sen. Josh Hawley said he’s been informed by whistleblowers that most of
the agents assigned to Donald Trump during his assassination attempt had minimal protective training.
Nathan Papes/Springfield News-Leader / USA TODAY NETWORK
Hawley said that instead of having Secret Service agents on his detail
for the July 13 rally, Trump was mostly guarded by Homeland Security agents.
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Hawley said that instead of having Secret Service agents on his detail
for the July 13 rally, Trump was mostly guarded by Homeland Security agents.
AP
“So think about this: The former president of the US … is sent out on stage, most of the people there are not trained, they’re not qualified.
They only got a webinar training and even that didn’t work,” he scoffed.

“It is absolutely outrageous.”

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The Homeland Security agents were supposedly pulled off child
exploitation cases and other investigations in order to serve on Trump’s protective detail — which was something they did not normally do, Hawley added.

Hawley also called out the Secret Service and FBI for not sharing more information about the rally, where Trump narrowly avoided an
assassination attempt by shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Authorities identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the person who attempted
to shoot at Trump during the rally.
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Authorities identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the person who attempted
to shoot Trump during the rally.
AP
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is
surround by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday,
July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
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“A two-hour, online webinar. And I’m told that half the time, the sounds
to the webinar didn’t even work,” Hawley claimed.
AP
“So think about this: the former president of the US…is sent out on
stage, most of the people there are not trained, they’re not qualified.
They only got a webinar training and even that didn’t work,” Hawley scoffed.
5
“So think about this: The former president of the US … is sent out on stage, most of the people there are not trained, they’re not qualified.
They only got a webinar training and even that didn’t work,” Hawley scoffed.
REUTERS
“The only reason we have this information is because of whistleblowers,”
he told Watters.

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) recently revealed that a Butler SWAT team
actually got off the first shots that damaged Crooks’ rifle and halted
the shooting spree before the Secret Service finally jumped into action.


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When acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe Jr. testified before
Congress about the incident on July 31, he did not mention the local
SWAT team’s action, Watters noted.

Filed under donald trump secret service trump rally shooting 9/4/24

Lori Young
1 day ago

Every one of those agents should do a little self-reflection and ask
themselves "why me"? As in, "Why was I, with absolutely NO EXPERIENCE
asked to be on this detail." Then they should ask themselves how
EXPENDABLE their bosses think they are, because clearly they were used
as potential cannon fodder.


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Senior
1 day ago

Exactly! There was a credible threat against Trump from Iran but the
Secret Service hierarchy decided to use untrained agents from another department to guard the former president. You can't blame those
agents. They put their lives on the line without having proper
training and nation witnessed the result.

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