The Division of Protection (DOD) is providing the U.S. Secret Service “additional assistance” following the try on former President Donald Trump’s life.
Anthony Guglielmi, U.S. Secret Service chief of communications, stated the DOD is offering “additional assistance including logistics, transportation, and communications, through the 2024 campaign season.”
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Donald Trump raises his fist within the air and shouts “fight” after he was shot within the ear in an assassination try at a rally in Pennsylvania. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)
Guglielmi stated the company has bolstered its protecting operations because the occasions of July 13 to “ensure the highest levels of safety and security.”
“The U.S. Secret Service appreciates the invaluable commitment of our military partners and their continued support as we work together to ensure the highest level of safety for the Presidential and Vice- Presidential candidates and their families,” Guglielmi continued.
The Secret Service has been beneath intense scrutiny after a 20-year-old man named Thomas Crooks was capable of climb up on the roof of a constructing with an AR-15 rifle and shoot Trump and others.
Thomas Matthew Crooks crawling on a roof moments earlier than he tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump. (DJ Laughery (background))
All of it occurred at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that was crawling with native police and Secret Service.
The beautiful lapse in safety triggered the director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, to resign.
A brand new video from James Copenhaver, one of many victims critically wounded in a July 13 assassination try in opposition to former President Trump, exhibits a determine transferring throughout a rooftop simply minutes earlier than gunfire rang out at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. (James Copenhaver)
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Guglielmi stated the Secret Service depends on “federal, state, and local partners to assist with protective operations.” He didn’t present any additional particulars on how the DOD could be serving to the company.
The DOD stated it had no further data to offer when reached by Fox Information Digital.
