Whistleblowers come forward on Trump rally security, Judiciary Committee says

Whistleblower accounts show Secret Service was aware of low resources before Trump's Pennsylvania rally.

Published: July 18, 2024 2:44pm

Updated: July 18, 2024 2:57pm

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan says  that whistleblowers have come forward to disclose information about security at GOP presidential candidate and former President Trump's July 13 campaign rally during which a gunman attempted to assassinate him.

The whistleblowers, who shared information about security briefings from the Secret Service before the rally, told Congress that the agency and the FBI were aware that federal officials had limited resources to cover the campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, because it was stretched thin.

"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," Jordan wrote in a letter dated Monday to FBI Director Christopher Wray.

According to Jordan, the whistleblowers told his committee that one USSS official told law enforcement that his agency had limited resources at the time because of two concurrent events, the NATO summit in Washington, D.C.

Jordan continued by provided several questions he says Wray should be prepared to answer in his upcoming July 24 testimony before the committee. 

You can read the letter below: 

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