Whistleblowers have come forward to allege that the Secret Service was understaffed at former president Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pa., where a would-be assassin’s bullet wounded his right ear, because of the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., that concluded days earlier.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R., Ohio.) wrote a letter to FBI director Christopher Wray on Thursday outlining the whistleblower allegations brought to the committee ahead of Wray’s congressional testimony next week.

“Whistleblowers have disclosed to the Committee that the USSS led two briefings regarding the July 13 campaign rally on July 8, 2024, with the Western Pennsylvania Fusion Center (WPFC) and other stakeholders, to discuss the upcoming, unrelated visits by President Trump and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden,” the letter reads.

“The USSS Special Agent in Charge Tim Burke reportedly told law enforcement partners that the USSS had limited resources that week because the agency was covering the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Washington, D.C,” the letter adds.

In addition to the NATO summit, which concluded on Thursday, the Secret Service had to cover campaign appearances by First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris last weekend.

Jordan is demanding Wray hand over information related to the FBI’s ongoing investigation of the major intelligence failures leading up to the attempt on Trump’s life, and all relevant FBI documents and communications...

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