Waltz Blasts Mayorkas for Dismissing His Charge Secret Service Denied Trump More Protection

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56% : Less than four hours after a shooter hit Trump in the right ear during his July 13 rally Butler, Pennsylvania, Waltz wrote on X:"I have very reliable sources telling me there have been repeated requests for stronger secret service protection for President Trump.
49% : In addition to Mayorkas' denials, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi also weighed in:In a Washington Post report posted today at 6:48 p.m. by Josh Hawley and Carol D. Leonnig headlined "Secret Service said to have denied requests for more security at Trump events," the reporters write that four sources confirmed to them that the Secret Service, which is part of the Homeland Security Department had been routinely denying requests for more security for Trump:Agents charged with protecting the former president requested magnetometers and more agents to screen attendees at sporting events and other large public gatherings Trump attended, as well as additional snipers and specialty teams at other outdoor events, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive security discussions.
33% : Those rejections -- in response to requests that were several times made in writing -- led to long-standing tensions that pitted Trump, his top aides and his security detail against Secret Service leadership, as Trump advisers privately fretted that the vaunted security agency was not doing enough to protect the former president.

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