CV NEWS FEED // According to reports, Donald Trump’s security detail requested more resources in the weeks leading up to Saturday’s attempt on the former president’s life – and the Biden administration denied the request.
A conservative legal group promptly launched an investigation into the matter.
The Federalist CEO and co-founder Sean Davis wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Saturday night that Trump’s “detail has been asking for beefed up protection and resources for weeks, but has been rebuffed time and again by Biden’s [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)].”
Per a source cited by Davis, the DHS “wasn’t responsive to those requests.”
“Was Biden’s regime behind the attack, or did it deliberately do everything it could to allow it to happen?” Davis asked.
Also on Saturday night, America First Legal announced it was launching an “urgent investigation into Biden’s DHS for allegedly denying president Trump additional Secret Service protections.”
America First Legal is a nonprofit organization founded by Trump’s former Senior Advisor Stephen Miller.
America First Legal sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the DHS seeking:
1. All communications between the United States Secret Service and any email address ending in “@hq.dhs.gov” relating to the protective detail of former President Donald J. Trump.
2. All records in the custody of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Secretary, Kristie Canegallo, and any other official in the DHS Front Office pertaining to increased security for former President Donald J. Trump.
3. Records of all documents and communications from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the DHS Front Office or United States Secret Service relating to threats against President Trump.
Democrats have previously attempted to strip Trump of his Secret Service protections, to which he is entitled for the rest of his life per a law passed by Congress in 1965.
FOX News reported in April that “House Democrats have introduced a bill that would strip Secret Service protection from convicted felons sentenced to prison, a move directly targeting former President Trump.”
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FOX continued:
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the former chair of the now disbanded Jan. 6 congressional committee, introduced legislation that would automatically nix Secret Service protection for those who have been convicted of a federal or state felony that carries a minimum one-year prison term.
The proposed bill is provocatively called the “Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable (DISGRACED) Former Protectees Act.
CatholicVote wrote on X Saturday: “Just a reminder that if nine House Democrats had their way, there would have been NO SECRET SERVICE at this event.”
A field director for Thompson – the aforementioned bill’s main sponsor – made a Facebook post Saturday night expressing disappointment that the gunman’s bullet missed Trump’s brain.
The aide, Jacqueline Marsaw, wrote “please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time.” Marsaw prefaced the remark, “I don’t condone political violence but…”
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The Washington Times reported that Marsaw “got overwhelmed in the moment” and is “a diehard Democrat.”
“She said her post was intended to be humorous and not to be taken seriously,” The Washington Times added.
Columnist John Podhoretz responded to Marsaw’s post on X Saturday night, pointing out: “This is an aide to the ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee, who introduced a bill on April 19 to deny Donald Trump Secret Service protection.”
Conservative political commentator Dan Bongino wrote on X Saturday night that he “can absolutely confirm, the [U.S. Secret Service] Director Kim Cheatle has repeatedly turned down requests for a larger security footprint around President Trump.”
Bongino claimed that Cheatle, a Biden appointee, did this “[d]espite knowing the threat level is catastrophic.” Bongino also called on her to immediately resign.
Bongino served as a Secret Service agent for 12 years during the presidencies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
Sunday morning, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, wrote on X that Cheatle “needs to testify under oath, in public.”
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, seemed pessimistic that a substantial finding would result from an investigation of the failed assassination attempt on Trump.
“The same bureau that investigated the Las Vegas shooting and the January 6th pipe bombs is now investigating the attempted assassination of Trump,” he wrote on X late Saturday night. “This is also the same bureau that raided Mar-a-Lago. I’m sure they’ll get to the bottom of this soon.”
Rep. Chip Roy, R-TX, wrote on X Sunday morning:
While we continue to analyze the failure to protect President Trump, one thing is certain. We have not scratched the surface of the depth of damage done by radical progressive Democrats to the competency, professionalism, [and] purpose of our most important security functions at [the Department of Defense], DHS, Secret Service, FBI, and all security agencies.
Not only are they obviously being weaponized against the citizenry – but they are simultaneously being destroyed with woke [diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)] quotas, indoctrination training, and reduced standards. And to be clear – many Republicans have been complicit (certain GOP member just voted this past month AGAINST re-instating the pre-DEI fitness standards for our military lowered for women to achieve). If we are to make America great again – let’s start by returning to setting the highest standards and achieving them in a color-blind society.
