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In the immediate aftermath of the July 13 attack, the law enforcement agency had denied rejecting such requests. But the Secret Service acknowledged late Saturday, a week after the attempt on Trump\u2019s life, that it had turned back some requests to increase security around the former president.<\/p>\n
The reversal is likely to be a key focus of a congressional hearing Monday where\u00a0Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle<\/a>\u00a0is expected to appear before lawmakers who have been expressing anger over security lapses that allowed a 20-year-old gunman to climb atop the roof of a nearby building at Trump\u2019s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and fire his weapon.<\/p>\n Trump was wounded in the right ear, one rallygoer was killed and two others were injured.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Secret Service has a vast, dynamic, and intricate mission. Every day we work in a dynamic threat environment to ensure our protectees are safe and secure across multiple events, travel, and other challenging environments,\u201d the agency\u2019s chief spokesperson, Anthony Guglielmi, said in a statement released late Saturday to The Washington Post. The newspaper was first to report on the agency\u2019s reversal, which it said was based on detailed questions submitted to the agency.<\/p>\n \u201cWe execute a comprehensive and layered strategy to balance personnel, technology, and specialized operational needs,\u201d Guglielmi said.<\/p>\n He said the agency will rely on state and local law enforcement departments in some cases where specialized Secret Service units are unavailable.<\/p>\n \u201cIn some instances where specific Secret Service specialized units or resources were not provided, the agency made modifications to ensure the security of the protectee,\u201d Gugliemi said. \u201cThis may include utilizing state or local partners to provide specialized functions or otherwise identifying alternatives to reduce public exposure of a protectee.\u201d<\/p>\n After the assassination attempt, as reports began to circulate that the agency had denied the Trump campaign\u2019s requests, Guglielmi issued a denial.<\/p>\n There is \u201can untrue assertion that a member of the former President\u2019s team requested additional security resources & that those were rebuffed,\u201d\u00a0Gugliemi said<\/a>\u00a0in a social media post. \u201cThis is absolutely false. In fact, we added protective resources & technology & capabilities as part of the increased campaign travel tempo.\u201d<\/p>\n Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has said what happened was a \u201cfailure\u201d while several lawmakers have called on Cheatle to resign or be fired. Cheatle so far retains the support of Democratic President Joe Biden and Mayorkas.<\/p>\n Biden, who is campaigning to deny Trump a second term in the White House, has ordered an independent investigation. The Homeland Security Department and congressional committee are also investigating.<\/p>\n Trump says he was given no indication that law enforcement had identified a suspicious person when the former president took the stage in Pennsylvania. Some rallygoers said in interviews after the attempted assassination that they saw the gunman on the roof before Trump walked out onto the stage and had alerted law enforcement authorities on site.<\/p>\n