The warning from local law enforcement of insufficient manpower adds to questions about whether there was adequate security for the high-stakes presidential campaign visit.
Local police alerted the Secret Service before former president Donald Trump’s rally Saturday that they lacked the resources to station a patrol car outside a key building where a gunman later positioned himself and shot at Trump, according to local and federal law enforcement.
Richard Goldinger, the district attorney in Butler County, Pa., where the Trump rally took place, said the Secret Service “was informed that the local police department did not have manpower to assist with securing that building.”
Goldinger’s account was confirmed by a Secret Service official briefed on the incident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to be candid about a sensitive, ongoing investigation.
Are you getting it now? This was a set up, an inside job. https://t.co/t4T4cxa7Sz
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) July 17, 2024
Holy crap. @fancypants_s https://t.co/gCcY9esdDY
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) July 17, 2024
WTH? @fancypants_s https://t.co/pKQnp5yoni
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) July 17, 2024
WTF??? – WPXI exclusive photos show cell phone, transmitter found next to Trump shooter’s body
h/t Patti Jo for the vids
