The Secret Service turned down offers to fly a drone above former President Donald Trump's Pennsylvania campaign rally before a would-be assassin opened fire.
Local law enforcement repeatedly offered to provide drone coverage in the sky above former President Donald Trump’s July 13 campaign rally – where he survived a failed assassination attempt – but was rebuffed by the U.S. Secret Service, according to Sen. Josh Hawley, citing a new whistleblower. 'According to one whistleblower, the night before the rally, U.S.
The whistleblower further alleges that after the shooting took place, USSS changed course and asked the local partner to deploy the drone technology to surveil the site in the aftermath of the attack,' Hawley wrote. The senator asked Mayorkas to hand over all DHS communications regarding drone coverage for the rally as part of a congressional investigation into the security failure that allowed an armed man within 150 yards of the former president.
It is hard to understand why USSS would decline to use drones when they were offered, particularly given the fact USSS permitted the shooter to overfly the rally area with his own drone mere hours before event,' he wrote. 'The failure to deploy drone technology is all the more concerning since, according to the whistleblower, the drones USSS was offered had the capability not only to identify active shooters but also to help neutralize them.
An officer assigned to the rooftop allegedly abandoned it due to high heat. Following congressional testimony on the matter, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned.
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