Trump dodges another assassination attempt: Secret Service under fire for security failures
The second assassination attempt in two months on former President Donald J. Trump has exposed the reality that his national security is still not based on a threat matrix that reflects the dangers the president faces, experts say. After suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks fired eight shots at President Trump and a crowd at a rally […]
GOP demands Trump have ‘same level’ Secret Service protection as Biden after 2nd assassination attempt
First appearance on FOXRepublican senators are calling on the Secret Service to step up security for former President Donald Trump following the second assassination attempt on him in just over two months. “It is essential that USSS units assigned to President Trump be given additional protective resources, including increased personnel, to provide greater coverage,” Sens. […]
Secret Service admits golf course wasn’t searched before Trump assassination attempt
An assassination attempter was hiding out near former President Donald Trump's Florida golf course, but Secret Service agents did not search the area around the course because the former president's visit was “unofficial,” the agency's acting director in question acknowledged. Federal prosecutors say Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, built a sniper's nest on the edge of […]
Secret Service Head Admits Need For ‘Paradigm Shift’ In Presidential Protection After Assassination Attempt On Trump
The director of the U.S. Secret Service said Monday he will complete a sweeping overhaul of the agency in the wake of Sunday's second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald Lowe said The agency said it needed to reassess its investigative methods and that the threat level […]
Secret Service Chief Doesn’t Know if Alleged Assassin Knew Trump Would Be Golfing
Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service Ronald Rowe Jr. said Monday he “does not have any information” about whether the suspected assassin of former President Donald Trump knew that Trump was going golfing. Rowe's comments came at a press conference at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office the day after the second assassination attempt […]
Cellphone data uncovers would-be assassin’s disturbing determination to attack Trump — until Secret Service opened fire
According to a criminal complaint, the alleged assassin, Ryan Wesley Routh, was spotted along a fence that he was using as a sniper position about 12 hours before Secret Service agents opened fire on him inside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Routh, 58, of Greensboro, North Carolina, who also lived […]
FBI had prior tip on would-be Trump assassin; acting Secret Service director ignores Blaze News’ question
The man who allegedly tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump while he was on the golf course on Sunday had previously been reported to the FBI for possessing a firearm as a felon, the FBI said Monday. FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Office, Jeffrey Veltri, said the FBI received a […]
Secret Service director credits agency for 'effective' response to Trump assassination attempt
Former President Trump is being given the highest level of security, Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe told reporters on Monday, praising the agency for preventing an assassination attempt from getting close to the former president on Sunday. “The suspect did not see the former president and fled the scene. He did not fire any […]
‘Secret Service Needs More Help’ to Protect Trump
President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to provide the Secret Service with the resources it needs to protect former President Donald Trump, who was the victim of two assassination attempts in just over two months. Vice President Kamala Harris, a political opponent of President Trump, I didn't say She said in a statement Monday […]
Secret Service could get more funding in stopgap spending bill: Schumer
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, announced Monday that Senate Democrats are willing to provide more funding to the Secret Service after former President Trump was the target of a second assassination attempt over the weekend. Schumer said he spoke with Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald Rowe Jr. on Sunday after the […]