The Secret Service has denied Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking records concerning the attempted assassination of President Trump.
Thomas Crooks, a 20-year-old would-be assassin, evaded state, local, and federal law enforcement, climbed onto a roof, and fired eight shots at President Trump during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
A bullet grazed President Trump’s ear after he turned his head at the last second to read a chart on illegal immigration.
The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch filed three FOIA requests seeking records related to the assassination attempt. However, the agency refused to release any documents.
As reported by Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch announced today that the United States Secret Service completely denied multiple Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documents about the assassination attempt on former President Trump.
On July 16, 2024, Judicial Watch filed three comprehensive FOIA requests seeking emails, videos, and advance survey security assessments, among other documents related to the assassination attempt on Trump
The Secret Service refused to produce not one record in response:
At this time, pursuant to Title 5 U.S.C. § 552(B)(7)(A), any potentially responsive records, if they exist, are exempt as disclosure could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings. The citation of the above exemption is not to be construed as the only exemption which may be available under the FOIA.
“The Biden Secret Service is in cover-up mode on its inexcusable and epic failure to protect former President Trump and other innocents. said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
“For Secret Service leaders to promise transparency to Congress while hiding every possible FOIA record from the American people is yet another indictment of this corrupt and failing agency,” he added.
WATCH:
HUGE: Secret Service summarily rejects @JudicialWatch FOIAs on Trump assassination attempt. It is officially a cover-up! Lawsuits coming.https://t.co/BUl8ZD7oKC https://t.co/nAM3vgnaPS
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) July 31, 2024
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