On July 13, 2024, President Trump was shot in the ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The suspected shooter, Thomas Crooks, was seen staking out the area before the attack.
Crooks managed to carry a gun onto the roof, traverse from one building to another, and move around on the roof before climbing up the metal structure and opening fire on President Trump.
Several Trump supporters were standing nearby screaming at police to take action, who did nothing before Crooks started firing off eight shots at the former president.
Since that day, there are still no answers on how Crooks managed to fire several shots at President Trump during the rally, or why Trump was allowed on stage despite the security lapses.
It has since been revealed that former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and the agency rejected multiple requests from concerned agents on President Trump’s detail for increased security. The requests were denied.
On Tuesday, Senator Josh Hawley revealed startling information from a whistleblower. The whistleblower reported that Homeland Security personnel assigned to President Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, received only a “two-hour online webinar” as their training before they were tasked with protecting him.
Senator Hawley included this in his letter:
“Whistleblower allegations to my office report that the only training received by many HSI agents reassigned to work protective details is a single two-hour webinar on Microsoft Teams featuring pre-recorded videos… These videos were not substantive and their playback was frequently riddled with technical mishaps leaving the HSI agents ill-prepared for the protective mission to which they were newly assigned.”
DHS denied the Trump campaign’s requests for additional agents, and most of the agents assigned to the Butler rally received only a “two-hour online webinar” for their training.
Here is a copy of the letter:
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