The Secret Service is a Mess!!
Segment # 230
The DNC is finally over and the many issues the Democrats and Harris have been avoiding will now come back into focus. In a classless move at the DNC, the Democrats did not even mention the assassination attempt nor did they even make an effort to condemn political violence. This was probably a telling move. Anyway, the Secret Service is still stonewalling, even though it has come out that a counter surveillance team was not even on-site at Butler. Inscrutable, the Feds tell us they can’t figure out the why and what of the shooter’s foreign accounts. I call BS on all that. The facts have not changed my initial assessment that the Democrats would have been delighted if Trump was assassinated. While we will probably never prove an active hand, the Democrats certainly passively facilitated this even by withholding proper protection for Trump. You can dress it up by calling them incompetent or complicit; however, if it was purposeful which I think it was, it’s still some degree of attempted murder.
More will come out and the Dems will do anything to avoid prosecutorial oversight from a Trump presidency.
Who Was The Trump Rally Assassin Working With? (Ep. 2314) - 08/22/2024
Summary:
In this episode, I cover the shocking new evidence that just surfaced about Thomas Matthew Crooks and who he might have been working with on the day of his attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
The Secret Service is a Mess!! It Makes You Wonder What We don't Know
More information is coming out and will continue to come out about the Secret Service. Unfortunately, nothing of substance will come out unless a new administration demands a complete removal of current leadership. There were so many failures that it is very difficult to conclude that there was no bad intent in this particular rally. The reluctance for the Secret Service to provide site plans, body cams, text messages, and internal communications only supports conspiracy theories. For me, it is more likely that incompetent complicity contributed significantly to Trump’s near-death experience. Leadership failed to provide resources and guidance with a ‘wink-wink, if it happens, it happens’. Remember the Secret Service has failed to supply over-watch counter-snipers for Trump for over two years. This attempt could easily have happened before Butler. In my world, when you consider the mission of the Secret Service, that basic failure is, in fact, an orchestrated plot to kill the President. Many in D.C. who have been trying to get Trump for eight years would have been delighted to bury him. And in my mind, anyone who would justify these actions for the “common good” does not represent the oath they all took. I hope we see justice and peace. But, I am not expecting that any time in the near future. Check out these separate events below which are indicative of how far in the tank the Secret Service and the FBI are.
It is a miracle that Trump was not killed.
Dissension, ‘Toxicity’ Plagued Trump’s Secret Service Detail Before Assassination Attempt
By Susan Crabtree - RCP Staff August 12, 2024 AP
Rancor, recriminations, and serious formal misconduct complaints have plagued all levels of the Secret Service detail assigned to protect former President Donald Trump over the last year, distracting the team from its core mission of securing Trump from physical harm and preventing an assassination.
Trump’s regular detail team, a force of 60 employees – special agents and support staff – has been beset by internal division, long workdays and weeks, and constant stress. Last year, the team lost one of its members to suicide.
Among the allegations are accusations of improper sexual relationships or fraternization within the team, debilitating mental health issues, non-merit-based promotions, conflict of interest issues, unfair retaliation and the creation of inappropriate memes and social media posts.
On May 15, the top two leaders of Trump’s detail sternly dressed down the entire 60-member staff in a virtual meeting, announcing formal investigations into what they argued were serious misconduct violations, several sources in the Secret Service with direct knowledge of the online meeting tell RealClearPolitics.
Cruz, Issa Demand Answers on Possible Secret Service Cocaine ‘Cover-Up’ – Cheatle destroyed the evidence before the prints could be evaluated
By Susan Crabtree - RCP Staff August 15, 2024 FR33460 AP
Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Darrell Issa are demanding answers from the Secret Service about a possible cover-up and a “troubling pattern of misconduct” surrounding the agency’s handling of cocaine discovered in the White House last summer.
The two Republican lawmakers, who serve in key Judiciary Committee roles in the Senate and the House, cited revelations from a RealClearPolitics article last week that former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and senior agency leaders sought to destroy the cocaine discovered in the White House last summer. Despite the push, leaders of the Forensics Services and the Uniformed Divisions rejected efforts to dispose of the evidence and presumably are keeping the bag of cocaine in a Secret Service evidence vault.
White and his supervisor, Glenn Dennis, as well as Richard Macauley, then-acting chief of the Uniformed Division, resisted pressure from Cheatle and others to destroy the evidence. Afterward, however, Macauley was passed over for the permanent position of Uniformed Division chief despite receiving agency accolades, RCP reported last week. The decision to bypass Macauley, a black man, raised eyebrows within the agency amid a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion push that Cheatle championed.
Cheatle chose a retired Secret Service top official to head the Uniformed Division instead of Macauley, raising concerns in the agency that passing over Macauley for the job was an act of retaliation. In 2018, Macauley was named the Secret Services Uniformed Division Officer of the Year. He would go on to serve one year, from February 2022 to January 2023, as deputy assistant sergeant at arms at the U.S. House of Representatives.
Another yarn spun during Jan. 6 committee hearings unravels — this time Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony
It appears as though one of the Jan. 6 committee's key witnesses was knowledgeable about facts that just weren't so.
Congressional investigators released a report this week exposing the politicization of the Jan. 6 Select Committee along with its tactical myopia and apparent willingness to suppress critical facts when "legislatively prosecuting]" former President Donald Trump.
The report released Monday by House Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) indicates that the Jan. 6 committee deleted records; hid multiple transcribed interviews; failed to turn over recordings to Republican lawmakers; suppressed evidence that contradicted Democrats' preferred narrative; and colluded with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who ultimately launched an election interference trial of Trump in Georgia.
The Oversight committee's insights into Cassidy Hutchinson's 2022 testimony and its surrounding context are perhaps best illustrative of the broader problems affecting the Jan. 6 committee's so-called investigation.
The "Initial Findings Report" noted that Hutchinson, who served as assistant to Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows, participated in six transcribed interviews and one highly publicized hearing with the Jan. 6 committee. Apparently, in her fourth transcribed interview on June 20, 2022, Hutchinson managed to provide the committee with something they could sink their teeth into.
Hutchinson told the tale of how Trump supposedly got in a scuffle with a Secret Service agent and attempted to commandeer the presidential limousine.
Provided with this provocative story, the committee scheduled a public hearing eight days later with Hutchinson as the key witness, reportedly without even bothering to interview other witnesses who may have provided contradictory testimony.
Former U.S. Rep Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) pressed Hutchinson to testify under oath during the public hearing about what happened after Trump was driven away from his speech at the Ellipse on Jan. 6, even though Hutchinson wasn't in the Suburban with Trump at the time — all the more evident because she appears to have erroneously said Trump was in "The Beast," the presidential limousine, when leaving the Ellipse.
Hutchinson told the committee about a conversation she allegedly had at the White House with Tony Ornato, Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff.
"Tony described [Trump] as being irate. The president said something to the effect of, 'I'm the f'ing president, take me up to the Capitol now,' to which [Secret Service Agent Bobby Engel] responded, 'Sir, we have to go back to the West Wing,'" said Hutchinson. "The president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. Mr. Engel grabbed his arm, said, 'Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.'"
Hutchinson suggested that Trump then lunged toward Engel, who she indicated was present for Ornato's later retelling of the event but did not contribute.
In the lead-up to the public hearing, the report indicated that "the Select Committee did not interview either of the two USSS agents referenced in her testimony, nor did the Select Committee interview any other individual implicated in her testimony."
The report further noted that the Jan. 6 committee only got around to interviewing the Secret Service agents months later when "it was obvious Republicans would win control of the House."
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who served as chair of the Jan. 6 committee, reportedly admitted to failing to comply with House Rules when refusing to archive transcripts from transcribed interview or depositions of White House and USSS personnel.
"Many of these White House and USSS employees were either with President Trump or aware of his actions on January 6, yet none of their witness transcripts were archived with the House Clerk or provided to the Subcommittee," said the report. "Notably, the Select Committee published over 200 transcripts online, but did not publish these select transcripts."
It turns out that some of these hidden transcripts indicated Hutchinson's "sensational" story was a thing of fiction.
Only after Chairman Loudermilk leaned on the White House for several months to provide transcripts of the witness interviews was he able to review them in person.
"The testimony of these four White House employees directly contradicts claims made by Cassidy Hutchinson and by the Select Committee in the Final report," said the Oversight report. "None of the White House employees corroborated Hutchinson's sensational story."
In addition to indicating Hutchinson presented an "entirely different version of events" than what actually took place, White House employees reportedly further contradicted the Jan. 6 committee's claim that Trump intended to go the Capitol on Jan. 6.
"More than one of the White House employees testified to the exact opposite: that there was never any plan for the President to go to the Capitol on January 6," said the report. "The testimony of the White House employee refutes this claim and leaves no doubt that the Select Committee's claim is false."
A White House employee also refuted Hutchinson's claim that Trump said anything about the alleged chant "Hang Mike Pence," indicating the former president said nothing at all about the chants.
After providing the Jan. 6 committee and the liberal media with tall tales that cast shade on Trump, Hutchinson got a book deal with Simon and Schuster, guest spots on liberal talk shows, and glowing write-ups in publications such as the New York Times.
Chairman Loudermilk said in a statement, "For nearly two years, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's January 6th Select Committee promoted hearsay and cherry-picked information to promote its political goal — to legislatively prosecute former President Donald Trump."
"It was no surprise that the Select Committee's final report focused primarily on former President Donald Trump and his supporters, not the security failures and reforms needed to ensure the United States Capitol is safer today than in 2021," continued Loudermilk.
The Georgia Republican stressed that the "American people deserve the entire truth about what caused the violent breach at the United States Capitol of January 6, 2021. It is unfortunate the Select Committee succumbed to their political inclinations and chased false narratives instead of providing the important work of a genuine investigation."
Another Bizarre Turn In The Trump Assassination Plot (Ep. 2310) - 08/16/2024
New Jan. 6 Scandals: Julie Kelly on Destruction of Evidence and the DNC Pipe Bomb
The Secret Service has no comment on disappeared text files and camera footage of the pipe bomb that was left where Kamala Harris was within feet before it was found. Jan 6 Committee concealed or destroyed evidence.
Secret Service in Crisis: Inflexible Protocols, Security Lapses in Spotlight
Inflexible Secret Service protocols, overworked special agents, and a decision against deploying more counter snipers to President Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania all contributed to creating the opening for a gunman to wound Trump, kill a bystander, and seriously injure two others, according to several sources in the Secret Service community.
Less than 48 hours after Trump narrowly avoided an assassination attempt, the Secret Service is facing its biggest crisis in decades. Lawmakers are demanding answers from the insular agency about its security decisions and failures, which allowed 20-year-old Thomas Crooks to crawl onto a roof and fire seven rounds at Trump and into the crowd before a Secret Service counter sniper returned fire, killing Crooks.
Lawmakers in the House and Senate on Sunday vowed to investigate any and all agency lapses that created the opportunity for such a close call on the former president’s life and the death of an innocent rally attendee, demanding testimony and documents from the Secret Service as agency officials remained silent on any potential failures.
Several sources within the Secret Service community told RealClearPolitics they are furious about the failures and blamed agency management, not the agents and counter snipers on the ground, all of whom they said performed admirably.
Instead, they said, several factors contributed to Saturday’s security lapses, including that first lady Jill Biden was having an event the same day in nearby Pittsburgh, and Vice President Kamala Harris was having another in Philadelphia, taking up some of the local Secret Service resources that could have been used to help protect Trump’s rally.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi denied that Secret Services resources were diverted to the first lady’s event from Trump’s but declined to provide answers to several emailed questions about that charge and several other questions being raised about potential security lapses on Saturday.
“This is very wrong,” Guglielmi tweeted. “We did not divert resources from FPOTUS Trump, & protection models don't work that way.”
Another factor, according to these sources within the Secret Service community, was that the agency was relying heavily on supplemental special agents (not Trump’s regular team of special agents) and local law enforcement because many special agents in Trump’s regular protective detail were overburdened and needed to take time off after working several consecutive seven-day weeks.
Sen. Johnson: Feds Are Acting Above The Law, We're Not Getting Any Information On Assassination Attempt
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) talked about the investigations into the assassination attempt on Donald Trump and the Secret Service not cooperating with the Senate investigations:
SENATOR RON JOHNSON: Well, we are getting literally giga bites worth of information in terms of digital downloads, body cams. Unlike with you, local law enforcement is cooperating with us. Feds are doing nothing. It's been two weeks since acting director told Senators in that hearing we've been told that we would be having access to secret service personnel for transcribed interviews. We're hoping next week that happens, but it's two weeks since he's testified. Bottom line, I think what our investigation in the end will be an investigation of the investigation.
This is not the way you handle a credible investigation. If you got a crime, you've got multiple perpetrators. What law enforcement does is try to apprehend that people and then interview them separately. If we're really talking four, five, six weeks before Congress has an opportunity to interview the secret service personnel on the ground, does that give them time to get their story straight?
By the way, the day after the incident I wrote demanding they preserve all the records and ask a host of questions in requesting all these interviews. Still haven't heard any response from that request at all. I'm part now of a bipartisan investigation of our committees and a subcommittee. We need Democrats to at least threaten to compel testimony because we're just not getting the information from the Feds. I've been trying to do oversight on federal agencies for years, and they just refuse to be accountable to the American public. They are the law, they believe they are above the law. And that's the way they're acting right now.
Secret Service leaves Trump vulnerable once again after female agent abandons post to breastfeed: Report CORTNEY WEIL AUGUST 15, 2024
Incident had 'no impact' on Trump event, agency spokesman said.
The U.S. Secret Service once again left former President Donald Trump vulnerable to attack after a female agent reportedly abandoned her post to breastfeed her child during a event in Asheville, North Carolina, on Wednesday.
Shortly before Trump's motorcade was set to arrive in the area, the site agent in charge of overseeing all security for the event took one final sweep of the walking route, according to a report from Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics citing "three sources in the Secret Service community."
This apparent security lapse by the Secret Service is just the latest in a series of security breaches by the agency ... that seemingly led to 20-year-old Thomas Crooks firing several rounds at Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13
During this last-minute security check, the site agent found a female Secret Service agent breastfeeding her child in a room reserved for "important Secret Service official work," including a possible emergency involving the president, Crabtree said.
Secret Service agents on duty are prohibited from bringing their children to a protective assignment, Crabtree added.
Not only had the female agent apparently violated that restriction, but she was also accompanied by two members of her family who may have been unvetted.
The agent, her two relatives, and ostensibly her baby bypassed the Uniformed Division checkpoint and were taken to the secure room by an "unpinned" staff member, Crabtree's report indicated. "Unpinned" means the Secret Service has not given the individual clearance to be there.
Crabtree did not provide the identity of the female agent, but did note that she is from the Atlanta Field Office.
Where the agent was assigned to be at the Asheville event and whether another agent took her place are both unclear.
When reached for comment about the incident, Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi gave Crabtree the following statement: "All employees of the U.S. Secret Service are held to the highest standards. While there was no impact to the North Carolina event, the specifics of this incident are being examined. Given this is a personnel matter, we are not in a position to comment further."
This apparent security lapse by the Secret Service is just the latest in a series of security breaches by the agency — thoroughly documented by Blaze News — that seemingly led to 20-year-old Thomas Crooks firing several rounds at Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
One of those rounds came within millimeters of killing the former president, tearing through his right ear rather than his skull. Another shot claimed the life of former fire chief Corey Comperatore. Two others were critically wounded.
Outrage over the shooting led to the resignation of Director Kimberly Cheatle. However, acting Director Ronald Rowe admitted just two weeks ago that no agent affiliated with the July 13 rally had yet been fired.
Trump traveled to North Carolina this week to give a speech about his economic plan in a prospective second term. Among other ideas, Trump touted a pledge to eliminate taxes on Social Security remittance.
Real Clear Politics, Fox News, Epoch Times, Bongino, Tucker Carlson, News Max, Megyn Kelly and some podcasts are some of the few that even find this story interesting. If you are interested in what is happening, there is no reason to listen to the corrupt media.