A whistleblower's concern about another assassination attempt “before November” came as accounts of the use of drones, internet activity and the supervisor in charge of security smacked of a “cover-up”.
“Something stinks and you know what I'm talking about.”
As investigations and congressional hearings have worked to iron out the failures that led to the death of former President Donald Trump, the revelations have raised more questions, including about an apparent lack of accountability. On Tuesday, Fox News host Jesse Watters reviewed the latest revelations that included an email distributed by the US Secret Service's Uniform Division demanding that its supervisors be given the boot to prevent another tragedy .
“Secret Service sniper predicts another assassination attempt before November. In an email obtained by RealClearPolitics, a Secret Service agent with 20 years of experience on the sniper team announces that he will blow the whistle until all their supervisors are fired,” Watters explained. “The sniper says his mission is to prevent another JFK-style assassination, and the only reason it hasn't happened is because they've been lucky.”
ALERT: A Secret Service sniper predicts another assassination attempt before November and won't stop reporting until his superiors are fired. pic.twitter.com/V6zsbimAei
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) July 31, 2024
“He says that the leadership of the Secret Service is corrupt and clearly states, 'We should all expect another assassination attempt before November. We exposed our inability to protect our leaders because of our leadership,” the “Jesse Watters Primetime” host continued. “After that email was made public, it was deleted from Secret Service servers. There's a massive cover-up going on and it's spilled over into Congress.”
RCP National Political Correspondent Susan Crabtree shared the email on social media, noting how Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R) had challenged acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe during a hearing on Tuesday .
When asked why it was deleted, the plug for resigned USSS director Kimberly Cheatle said, “I'll see, I'll get back to you about that. [question of why the] the agency deleted the email” and stated that it was “committed to being an agent of change”.
@MarshaBlackburn EMAIL READINGS I was given an exclusive this morning by a Secret Service sniper. This sniper sent the email to all employees of the agency's uniform division last night.
In the email attached below, the counter sniper, whose name I… pic.twitter.com/xvRRJ6Fiis
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) July 30, 2024
How Watters contrasted the Secret Service's conflicting reports with that of Beaver County SWAT team with instructions to cover the roof from which the would-be killer had fired, also shared Rowe's testimony that the agency did not use a drone or manage the suspect's use before the demonstration.
“You had a drone system but you had bandwidth issues,” said Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R). “Apparently the bandwidth was adequate for the shooter's drone, but not for the Secret Service. Can you explain that?”
“I have no explanation, sir,” said Rowe, who continued, “People want drones all the time on the outskirts of our places, and we go out and talk to them and determine what their intentions are. This particular day , due to the connectivity challenge, as you noted, there was a delay and he flew his drone at approximately 3:51.”
Meanwhile, as FBI Assistant Director Paul Abbate stated, according to Watters' analysis, the suspect “wrote right-wing things online,” which included “anti-Semitic and anti-immigration themes to advocate political violence “. The host recalled that Gab's CEO said the would-be killer had an account on the platform where he defended President Joe Biden's border policies and COVID mandates.
Based on a fundamental question about accountability, Watters shared some of the tense exchange between Rowe and Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley (R), where the acting director refused to provide the name of the official responsible on the day of Trump's rally.
“Senator, I can't give him that name,” Rowe stated. “This person is operational. They are still investigating. They're still doing protective visits.”
Hawley made it clear he knew the supervisor's name as he sought to get the director to record, and Watters had some follow-up questions about what the Secret Service is doing.
“Why hasn't the Secret Service supervisor at the Butler rally been suspended? Why is he still in charge of protecting politicians? Why isn't he under investigation? Are they keeping him around to help with the investigation? Will they keep him close for Butler's next rally? And why hasn't the Senate subpoenaed Butler's supervisor? That's the guy who they should be dragging to testify under oath about what happened, not these squirrely bureaucrats.”
“Why is everyone protecting this guy? Who is this guy?” he asked. “The politicians don't even tell us the boy's name. Something stinks, and you know what I'm talking about.”
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