The Secret Service did not follow its typical protocol to post agents at vulnerable spots at former President Donald Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday which could have identified a second would-be assassin sooner, a whistleblower told Sen. Josh Hawley.
Mr. Hawley, Missouri Republican, sent a letter to Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe detailing the whistleblower’s accusation and asking questions about the security of the golf club.
The whistleblower, who, according to Mr. Hawely, is an individual who has previously protected President Trump at the West Palm Beach golf club, alleges there are “known vulnerabilities” in the fence line surrounding the course that offer a clear line of sight to anyone playing on it.
“As a result, the whistleblower alleges it has been Secret Service protocol to ‘post up’ agents at these vulnerable spots when Trump visits the course,” Mr. Hawley said. “That apparently did not happen on September 15. Instead, the gunman was permitted to remain along or near the fence line for some 12 hours.”
Mr. Rowe said at a news conference on Monday that Mr. Trump’s visit to his golf club on Sunday was an “off the record movement” not on his planned schedule, and the Secret Service had to put together a last-minute security plan.
“There was no posting up of it because he wasn’t supposed to have gone there in the first place,” he said when asked how many times the Secret Service swept the perimeter of the golf course.
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