The Secret Service has finally unveiled a plan to protect former President Donald Trump after an attempt was made on his life last month.
Weeks after the attack on the former president during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the Secret Service says it will protect him with bulletproof glass at his campaign events, ABC News reported. This comes after Trump shunned the agency’s prior recommendation to stop holding outdoor rallies.
“The measure is typically used exclusively for sitting presidents, but the Secret Service is making an exception following the first attempted assassination of a presidential candidate since George Wallace in 1972,” the report said.
“The Secret Service declined to comment on its use of ballistic glass,” it said.
Previously, the agency said it would like Trump to stop holding large outdoor rallies and instead choose smaller indoor venues, The Federalist reported. But columnist M.D. Kittle added: “The request from the grossly incompetent (at best) federal agency stinks of election interference and sounds a lot like a threat.”
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He cited The Washington Post, which was the first to report on the Secret Service’s request to the former president. “In the aftermath of the shooting, agents from the Secret Service communicated their concerns about large outdoor