A Secret Service whistleblower has warned that another assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump could happen again as soon as within 30 days.
A Secret Service counter-sniper sent an email Monday night to the entire Uniformed Division of the agency saying they “SHOULD expect another assassination attempt” against Trump before November unless “5 high-level supervisors are either fired or removed from their current positions.”
“This agency NEEDS to change,” the sniper wrote in the email obtained by RealClearPolitics. “If not now, WHEN? The NEXT assassination in 30 days? Because we SHOULD all expect another attempt to happen before November.”
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“We’ve exposed our inability to protect our leaders due to our leadership,” he wrote, adding agents who worked the Butler, PA rally “did their job with their hands tied” thanks to poor leadership.
“Secret Service supervisors ‘knew better’ and the foot soldiers working, made the best of a BAD situation that resulted in a civilian death and a near miss of the protectee and our Technician shooting and killing the suspect,” he revealed.
The sniper also claimed he voiced his concerns up the chain of command, only to be dismissed.
“Sadly we have fallen short for YEARS,” the counter-sniper lamented. “We just got lucky and looked good doing it. I have conveyed these thoughts to not only supervisors (to include the current Captain of CS, but those responsible for training us (SOTS/CS). Only to be brushed off as those with less experience somehow knew more than me.”
The counter-sniper went on to explain that he’s now ashamed of his affiliation with the secret service over its failure to protect Trump.
“The team I was once proud to be a part of, is something I have to somehow hide as I move into my next career,” he wrote. “Who wants to hire a USSS CS guy who failed? That’s the public perception I’m now faced with. The USSS CS team is a stain I will never be able to cleanse.”
He reiterated that the attempted assassination of Trump was the result of failed Secret Service leadership, not because agents on the ground neglected to do their duty.
“We failed. Not because of commitment or sense of dedication. But because our SUPERVISORS (aka leadership) knew better and thought our concerns were less than important,” he wrote.
He concluded with these two lines: “The motto of the USSS…CYA. And every supervisor is doing it right now.”
The agency ended up quickly deleting the email, a source told RealClearPolitics.
Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate are testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday over the agency’s security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of Trump and in the wake of the resignation of former Director Kim Cheatle.
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