Whistleblowers told the House Judiciary Committee that the Secret Service faced “limited resources” in staffing Saturday’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated.

Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, disclosed the information from the whistleblowers in a letter sent Thursday to FBI Director Christopher A. Wray.

The whistleblowers told the committee that the Secret Service led two briefings on July 8 with the Western Pennsylvania Fusion Center and other stakeholders regarding plans for Mr. Trump’s campaign rally and a separate event for first lady Jill Biden in Pittsburgh.

“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.,” Mr. Jordan wrote.

Although Mr. Jordan’s letter did not directly state that the report led to a decision to understaff Mr. Trump’s rally, an accompanying Judiciary Committee press release did make that connection.

“Whistleblowers have disclosed to the Committee that the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) did not have proper resources for President Trump’s campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania because of staffing shortages due to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit and First Lady Jill Biden’s event in [Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania,” the press release said.

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