Secret Service Says It Denied Earlier Trump Requests for More Federal Resources

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania," Trump wrote.
43% : The denied requests for additional resources were not specifically for the rally in Butler, Guglielmi said.U.S. officials previously said the Secret Service had enhanced security for the former president before the Butler rally because it had received information from U.S. intelligence agencies about a potential Iranian assassination plot against Trump.
39% : At one rally for Trump at a park in New York City at the end of May, the official said, the lack of detectors led to a logjam of people waiting to get in.
35% : Two people briefed on the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed that the Trump campaign had been seeking additional resources for the better part of the time that Trump had been out of office.
35% : The Secret Service had already been barraged with questions over why it had excluded from its security zone the warehouse -- about 450 feet from the former president -- from which the would-be assassin had fired at Trump on July 13.
35% : Nonetheless, the Trump political team has been concerned about the lack of support and additional resources for years, and those concerns have only become more acute as Trump has faced a series of unprecedented situations for a former president, including four criminal arraignments.
32% : Trump, whose right ear was injured in the attack, could be seen touching his ear as popping noises went off, before dropping to the ground and being surrounded by Secret Service agents.
22% : Almost immediately after a gunman shot at Trump from a nearby warehouse roof while he spoke at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last weekend, the Secret Service faced accusations from Republicans and anonymous law enforcement officials that it had turned down requests for additional agents to secure Trump's rallies.
22% : In addition to wounding Trump, the gunman, later identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, killed one rally attendee and injured two others.
20% : The agency also faced questions as to why it had allowed Trump to take the stage at the Butler Farm Show grounds, even after receiving information that law enforcement was looking for someone suspicious in the crowd.
19% : A Trump campaign spokesperson declined to comment on the new revelations, pointing only to a post by Trump on Truth Social after the assassination attempt, in which the former president praised his Secret Service detail for protecting him.

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