The Secret Service has denied claims it refused additional protection to former President Donald Trump before the assassination attempt on him Saturday.
There is “an untrue assertion that a member of the former President’s team requested additional security resources & that those were rebuffed,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi wrote on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. “This is absolutely false. In fact, we added protective resources & technology & capabilities as part of the increased campaign travel tempo.”
The Secret Service’s denial appears to come in response to an allegation by Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had refused to boost Trump’s protective measures.
