A whistleblower has come forward with alarming allegations regarding security lapses at a recent rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where former President Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. According to the whistleblower, Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. personally directed cuts to the Counter Surveillance Division (CSD), resulting in the threat assessment team failing to perform its usual duties prior to the event.
Senator Josh Hawley has raised concerns about the whistleblower's claims, stating that the CSD, responsible for evaluating security threats at event sites, did not conduct its assessment before the fateful rally on July 13. The whistleblower suggested that if the CSD had been present, the gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, could have been apprehended in the parking lot.
