Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said the Secret Service was denying former President Donald Trump full protection while trying to hide it from the public.
During an appearance on FNC’s “Hannity,” the Missouri Republican warned that the USSS is engaging in a deceptive cover-up to hide their level of protective service for the Republican nominee.
“[S]enator, what are we learning here because I know from people around President Trump that they have repeatedly requested more security and they have been denied again and again and again and again,” host Sean Hannity said.
“Why would they do that?” Hannity asked.
“You know, Sean, it sounds like he’s still not getting the security that he’s been promised, and here’s what this new whistleblower says,” Hawley replied.
“He says that investigators are now not allowed to come to all the Trump rallies because if they did, they would see that Trump is not getting the full presidential protective detail.”
“He’s only getting it selectively. So the allegation is Secret Service leadership is now saying to its own internal investigators, no, actually wait, don’t don’t come to that event,” Hawley continued.
“Come to this one over here. And they’re trying to conceal the fact Trump is still not getting the full levels of protection.”
“I don’t know why they’re doing this, Sean, other than that they don’t want the public to know the truth.
“And I tell you what, I’ve had enough of this from Secret Service leadership. I really have,” he added.
“They need to level with the American people about what’s going on here.”
“They need to tell us if Trump is really getting all the security he needs.”
“These rallies need to be safe for everybody who goes to them, and I’ve had enough of the prevarication of the concealment and the stonewalling. It’s got to stop.”
In August, Hawley shared shocking new details about the catastrophic failures of the Secret Service, which led to the assassination attempt against Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Hawley noted that these brave agency whistleblowers came forward because they were terrified that this would happen again.
Last month, a Secret Service whistleblower revealed that would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh had inside information on the security vulnerabilities at Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course.
Routh was able to set up a sniper’s nest with a perfect range just roughly 300 yards from Trump.
Senator Josh Hawley wrote in a letter: “A whistleblower with direct knowledge of Secret Service protection of former President Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach — an individual who has in fact protected President Trump at that very location — alleges that there are ‘known vulnerabilities’ in the fence line surrounding the course: places that offer a clear line of sight to the former president and others playing at the course.”
