Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) released a letter on Friday detailing new whistleblower allegations suggesting that Secret Service (USSS) headquarters instructed agents not to request additional resources for a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump occurred. During the July 13 rally, assailant Thomas Matthew Crooks managed to shoot Trump, injuring him in the ear, while also killing one person and critically wounding two others in the crowd.
In the letter addressed to Acting USSS Director Ron Rowe, Hawley stated, “A whistleblower with knowledge of Secret Service planning for former President Trump’s trip to Butler, Pennsylvania, alleges that officials at Secret Service headquarters discouraged agents from requesting any additional security assets in the formal manpower request—effectively denying these assets through informal means.”
🚨🚨 NEW – Whistleblower says Secret Service HQ told agents working the Butler PA event NOT to request additional manpower resources for the rally & warned any such requests would be denied. Contradicts Director Rowe testimony, who said no resources were ever denied pic.twitter.com/85sHTAI82u
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) August 23, 2024
Hawley also pointed out an inconsistency, writing, “You have repeatedly suggested that no security assets were