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First Lady Jill Biden received quadruple the “post-standing” Secret Service security that former President Donald Trump got on the day he was nearly assassinated, emails released by whistleblowers indicate.
The Secret Service assigned 12 personnel for “post-standing” security for a dinner event attended by the first lady in a Pittsburgh casino on July 13, and just three such personnel for the July 13 rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where 20-year-old Thomas Crooks attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump, according to emails obtained by Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. Republican South Carolina Rep. William Timmons grilled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle over the security discrepancy during her congressional testimony on Monday.
“The number of personnel that were allocated to both of those events were comparable to the risk at both of those events,” Cheatle said, after being questioned by Timmons on why more post-standing personnel were assigned to the first lady than the former president. (RELATED: Secret Service’s Explanations For Security Failures Ahead Of Trump Assassination Attempt Aren’t Adding Up)
The Secret Service usually assigns agents to posts inside an inner perimeter during an event, according to Real Clear Politics. “Post-standers,” meanwhile, are pulled from local Secret Service field offices and assigned to handle security in specific areas.
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