The Secret Service allegedly denied inspector general auditors from accessing former President Donald Trump’s recent campaign events to hide instances when the agency is missing protective assets, according to a new whistleblower account.

A whistleblower from the Secret Service has come forward to Sen. Josh Hawley’s office to share information about the agency’s headquarters blocking Department of Homeland Security inspector general auditors from Trump campaign events where resources are lacking.

The inspector general’s office is investigating the Secret Service’s actions during and after the assassination attempt on Mr. Trump at his July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

“The whistleblower alleges that the Secret Service denied access to DHS auditors because the former president is not receiving the full level of protective assets for all of his events, and Secret Service leadership wants to obscure or simply conceal this fact,” Mr. Hawley, Missouri Republican, wrote in a letter to Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe.

The Washington Times reached out to the Secret Service and the DHS inspector general’s office for comment.

Mr. Rowe said on multiple occasions last month that Mr. Trump is receiving “the highest level” of Secret Service protection. He said President Biden ordered elevated protection for Mr. Trump after the Republican presidential nominee was nearly killed in Butler.

Congress also passed legislation last month, which Mr. Biden signed into...

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