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Wiles then made the formal request for additional security with acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe on September 30, according to an email reviewed by CNN. The requests from Trump’s campaign also include access to Camp David vehicles for Trump’s primary motorcade as well as access to other military assets, such as drones with thermal monitoring. Security resources are also often determined on a case-by-case basis, one administration official said. The Secret Service has increased its presence around Trump, adding members to his detail and taking extra precautions, often traveling with a counter assault team. Secret Service agents previously assigned to desk jobs or other posts also have also been brought into the rotation to protect Trump.

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☆ New report lays out 'shocking' Secret Service failures that nearly led to Trump's death
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewFour senators on Wednesday released a bipartisan report chronicling the myriad failures by the Secret Service that preceded an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in July. The interim report from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said that the Secret Service failed to "clearly define responsibilities" during the fateful rally. AdvertisementThe report also said Secret Service personnel responsible for planning coverage of the July 13 event "denied that they were individually responsible for planning or security failures and deflected blame." The staff report states that the Secret Service was told that local police had seen a "suspicious person with a rangefinder" near the building at about 5:45 p.m.By 5:52 p.m., at least eight Secret Service personnel had been told about the suspicious person, according to the report. Related storiesIn a statement to Business Insider, the Secret Service said it's taken steps since the assassination attempt to address the issues.

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Secret Service advance agents did not request a surveillance team, which could have helped patrol the rally for approximately 15,000 attendees. The lead advance agent for the Secret Service could not even answer the committee when asked who secured the building. Other security requests deniedTrump’s Secret Service security detail requested Counter Assault Team liaisons ahead of the July 13 rally but were denied. The liaison would provide specialized tactical advice to other Secret Service agents and law enforcement on the ground. The lead advance agent also told the committee she requested 13 magnetometers from Secret Service, but only received 10.

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Male agent 1: “Get down, get down, get down.”More shots heard as Trump surrounded by agents. 18:11:41: Female agent: “What’re we doing, what’re we doing.” “Where are we going…”Man indistinctly yelling. 18:12:01: Male agent 2: “Ready”18:12:02: Male agent 3: “Move!”18:12:03: Male agent 2: “Up!”18:12:03: Male agent 3: “Move!”18:12:04: Male agent 4: “Go, go, go.”18:12:06: Male agent 2: “Hawkeye’s here.”18:12:06: Female agent 1: “Hawkeye’s here, moving to the spare.”(“Hawkeye” is the code name for the counter assault team.) 18:12:09: Male agent 4: “Spare get ready, spare get ready.”18:12:10: Male agent 2: “You ready?”18:12:16-21: Agents: “Shooter’s down, shooter’s down, are we good to move?”18:12:21: Male agent: “Shooter’s down. 18:12:33: Trump: “Let me get my shoes, let me get my shoes.”18:12:35: Male agent 2: “I got you sir, I got you sir.”18:12:36: Trump: “Let me get my shoes on.”18:12:37: Another male agent: “hold on, your head is bloody.”18:12:39: Male agent 2: “Sir we’ve got to move to the car sir.”18:12:42: Trump: Let me get my shoes.”18:12:43: Female agent: “OK, [inaudible].”18:12:47: Trump: “Wait, wait, wait” then fist pumps to crowd.

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CNN —Former President Donald Trump was injured in a shooting during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday evening, in what the FBI says was an assassination attempt. Go around to the spare.” (“Spare” refers to a spare limousine.) Male agent 2: “Hawkeye’s here.” (“Hawkeye” is the code name for the counter assault team.) Male agent 2: “Sir, we’ve got to move to the car, sir.” 6:12:42 p.m. Trump: “Let me get my shoes.” 6:12:43 p.m. Trump campaign deputy communications director Margo Martin posts a video of Trump disembarking from a plane in Newark, writing on X: “Strong and resilient.

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