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#SecretService was told police could not watch building used by #TrumpRally shooter

Local police alerted the Secret Service before #Trump’s rally Sat that they lacked the resources to station a patrol car outside a key building where a gunman later positioned himself, acc/to local & federal #LawEnforcement.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/17/secret-service-trump-rally-shooting-homeland-security-investigation/

Secret Service was told police could not watch building used by Trump rally shooter

The warning from local law enforcement of insufficient resources adds to questions about whether there was adequate security for the high-stakes presidential campaign visit.
Isaac Stanley-Becker (The Washington Post)
#Trump #lawenforcement #secretservice #trumprally
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Nonilex
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Richard Goldinger, the DA in #Butler County, PA, where the #Trump rally took place, said the #SecretService “was informed that the local police dept did not have manpower to assist w/securing that building.”

Goldinger’s account was confirmed by a Secret Service ofcl briefed on the incident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity….

#Trump #secretservice #butler
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Nonilex
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The #SecretService ofcl confirmed that positioning an officer outside the bldg was considered one of the ways to protect against the risk that the agency prepares for at all public events — that a shooter on high ground has a clear line of sight on the president or other senior ofcls being protected. The bldg, owned by Agr Int’l, was just outside the #security perimeter for Sat’s #Trump rally.
#security #Trump #secretservice
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Just Bob 🇺🇲♒🐧
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410 feet is a very small distance, they should have been out to a mile at least... Or was it all faked? Still have not seen a video from the other side and it looks so Hollywood...
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