The local police team responsible for the roof a shooter used to fire at ex-President Donald Trump on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, had never spoken to the Secret Service prior to the attempted assassination, a report released by the Secret Service on Friday says.
Among other errors, the report found that one local police entity working security at the Trump rally requested support from another local department without the Secret Service being aware.
While investigating the incident, the Secret Service placed some officials, including the director of the Secret Service’s Pittsburgh Field Office, on leave.
“The former president is getting everything that the current president has with respect to Secret Service assets,” Rowe said.
Rowe also told reporters at a news conference Friday that the Secret Service did not deny security assets to the Trump campaign ahead of the July rally in Butler.
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