SS not responsible for AGR site

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@JudiciaryGOP just sent this letter to FBI Director Wray -- highlighting that the committee has talked to whistleblowers about security failures at the rally.
Take a look at the section in the letter referring to Special Agent in Charge of the Pittsburg Field Office Tim Burke and what he says about the meetings before the rally about how they were focused on staffing dual events in the Pittsburg area -- Trump's rally in Butler and Jill Biden's dinner that night in Pittsburg. The NATO summit was putting pinch on the overall Secret Service resources -- not to mention that Kamala Harris had an event in Philly the same day.
I reported Sunday that the Secret Service diverted resources from the Trump rally to the Jill Biden event. My Secret Service sources used the word "diverted" with me. That was rightfully a focus. I believe, from my reporting, there was a resources-allocation issue between the Trump rally and the Jill Biden dinner in the Pittsburg area on the same day, exacerbated by resources needed for the NATO summit and prep for the RNC convention.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi has said the resources were not "diverted" from the Trump rally to the Jill Biden dinner -- but is it a semantics issue? Were they allocated in a lopsided or inappropriate way that was not threat-based -- because Trump clearly has more threats facing him than Jill Biden. Did some Secret Service agents advocate for more resources for Trump but did not win that argument and some of those resources they asked for instead went to Jill Biden's dinner?

That is just one aspect the committee needs to drill down on.

I continue to stand by my reporting.

Here's a highlight of the key graphs in the Jim Jordan letter, below.

 
Why would he need a transmitter?
On Laura Ingraham tonight, she cited WSJ claiming he flew a drone over the area prior to the event. The question was why weren't SS drones there.

Can't locate a link at this time......somebody give a hand?
 
Now this:

Initial Senate GOP report finds Secret Service skipped briefing with local sniper teams

The preliminary findings determined:
  • The Secret Service did not attend a security briefing given to local SWAT and sniper teams on the morning of July 13;
  • Local law enforcement said communications were siloed and they were not in frequent radio contact directly with the Secret Service;
  • Local law enforcement notified command about Crooks before the shooting and received confirmation that the Secret Service was aware of the notification;
  • The Secret Service was seen on the roof of the American Glass Research (AGR) building with local law enforcement following the shooting;
  • Photos of the shooter were sent to the ATF for facial recognition and that local law enforcement;
  • The Secret Service was initially not planning on sending snipers to the rally. Fox News
 
Two SS snipers and two BPD snipers on scene. SS says they're only responsible for inner perimeter. Top this off with Trump's regular team not with Him and all this happens.....

The Secret Service blamed local police for failing to secure the rooftop from which gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump, insisting it was outside of the perimeter the federal agency was tasked with protecting.

Instead, securing and patrolling the factory grounds of AGR International Inc. — located about 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking Saturday — was the responsibility of local Pennsylvania police, Secret Service representative Anthony Gugliemi said, according the New York Times.

The Secret Service was only tasked with covering the grounds where Trump’s rally took place, with local police being recruited to assist with those efforts and secure the area outside of the rally.

The Secret Service was only tasked with covering the grounds where Trump’s rally took place, with local police being recruited to assist with those efforts and secure the area outside of the rally.

Thats complete bullshit

The woke SS is totally responsible for security
 
1. Cheadle seems to be saying that "overwatch', i.e. the cover snipers, were supposed to cover the AGR roofs.

2. That may be why one sniper had his gun up on a tripod, and the other didn't.

3. That still doesn't explain a lot of loose ends.
Like why were there snipers inside the buildings, instead of all around them.

4. Why wasn't the suspicious person confronted when everyone was pointing him out.

5. Why wasn't the event paused because the suspicious person wasn't detained? (i.e. he was on the loose)

6. We want to know who designed the plan, and who got the radio traffic that there was a sniper on the roof.
 

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