Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced on Tuesday that a whistleblower claimed the U.S. Secret Service told former President Donald Trump that the agency “did not have sufficient assets” to secure a campaign rally in Wisconsin.
Hawley sent a letter on Tuesday to Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe, asking the director to confirm whether the Secret Service “effectively forced the Trump campaign to cancel an upcoming event in Wisconsin.”
“This new information calls into question your recent public statements regarding the level of security your agency is providing to the former president,” Hawley wrote. “It also suggests that the Secret Service’s inability to fully protect former President Trump may be affecting the conduct of the presidential campaign.”
In his letter, Hawley cited a whistleblower who claimed that the Secret Service recently told the former president’s campaign that it “did not have sufficient assets to secure a potential campaign rally in Wisconsin.”
Hawley added, “Other whistleblowers with knowledge of Secret Service planning protocols allege that failure to provide protection for a major public event is highly unusual and that a sitting president would never be denied resources in this way.” The Republican senator also pointed out that the Secret Service recently secured a rally venue for Vice President Kamala Harris in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Hawley said that if the allegations are true, the “...
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