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BREAKING NEWS!
It is being reported in the last few minutes that “multiple” United States Secret Service agents have been placed on leave.
3 Quick Facts to Bring You Up To Speed:
- The agents put on leave were on the ground in Butler, PA as part of the protection detail at the time of the assassination attempt on President Trump.
- Four of the agents were members of the Secret Service Pittsburgh Field Office.
- One of the agents is the Head of the Pittsburgh Field Office, Special Agent In Charge Kevin Rojek, reportedly a longtime FBI agent.
Here’s a quick MSNBC clip on the news:
BREAKING: Multiple Secret Service agents placed on leave following the attempted ass*ssin*tion of Trump pic.twitter.com/1YFujdIHMm
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 23, 2024
It was initially reported last night (Thursday) in a Fox News story that there were rumors of agents being placed on administrative leave, but the USSS Chief of Communications would not verify those claims:
Anthony Guglielmi, USSS chief of communications, told Fox News Digital in a statement that the agency’s personnel are held “to the highest professional standards, and any identified and substantiated violations of policy will be investigated by the Office of Professional Responsibility for potential disciplinary action.” USSS did not directly confirm any employees placed on leave, but Guglielmi added that given the “personal” nature of the matter, the agency is “not in a position to comment further.”
As of now, it is confirmed by the USSS that indeed – five agents, including the Pittsburgh SS Field Office Chief have been placed on Administrative Leave. This means that they are still working out of the Pittsburgh Field Office, but are not allowed involvement in anything operational, including security planning.
Per an ABC News story within the last hour, the current investigation includes “the number of classified threats against former President Trump by Iran”:
The Secret Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility investigation has been intensifying, and while the investigation has focused on the failures, miscues and planning up to Butler, the probe is now focusing on a number of issues, including the number of classified threats against former President Trump by Iran and what the agency did in response security wise to the new intelligence. An official tells ABC News this means even more senior officials might be caught up in the review.
The social media reaction has only just begun.
But considering it took two full weeks after the biggest Secret Service failure since JFK… for the Head of the Secret Service to resign in disgrace, and another four weeks for this to happen… (so six full weeks since President Trump was shot in the head by a would-be assassin before a single agent was so much as put on leave)…
AND — considering we KEEP finding out that we have not only been kept in the dark – BUT BLATANTLY LIED TO – for weeks about the facts on the ground… (as you can see from this post/response on X):
Holy shit…..
Secret Service is completely compromised.
They really wanted Trump dead pic.twitter.com/nXfJNHZJua
— 🪶Native Patriot 🇺🇸 (@LaNativePatriot) August 20, 2024
…it should then come as no surprise that the social media storm is only just getting fired up as this new development FINALLY breaks.
The following is the response by the House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky, in a Fox News story within the last hour:
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., welcomed the news that action has been taken on some Secret Service members.
“There must be accountability at the Secret Service for its historic failures that led to the attempted assassination of President Trump,” Comer said.
“Holding negligent employees accountable is the first step. I look forward to the Task Force’s findings of its investigation. We must ensure the Secret Service does not fail again.”
What do you think — is this the right shoe to drop, in due course, after due diligence? Has it simply taken this long for the Whistleblowers to come forward, and facts to be sorted out?
For a potential cover-up to be exposed…?
Or is this just a forced reaction to six weeks of backlash? A formality to give the American people a bone to chew on, in hopes that we wander off to the next “big thing”?
More on those whistleblowers — this comes on the heels of a “Independent” Task Force within Congress being organized and led by Reps. Cory Mills (R-FL) and Eli Crane (R-AZ), to run parallel to the official Investigative Task Force initiated by the Speaker of the House.
Check out the following report via the Washington Examiner, including Rep. Cory Mills talking about the WHISTLEBLOWERS who have started coming forward:
“I wish the members of Speaker Johnson’s Task Force well, and think it’s time for a parallel independent investigation with subject matter experts (SME) and the whistleblowers who’ve already come forward that myself and Rep. Eli Crane and Benny Johnson have spoken with,” Mills said in a statement last month. “I will be speaking with other members, and although I won’t have subpoena powers, I will personally fund whatever is required for additional staff to further investigate and expose the truth.”
One has to wonder… what would prompt such an expensive, time consuming undertaking by political allies – just to cover the same ground?
Is it possible that the “good guys” (yes – I do believe there are a few good guys left in Washington, but not many…) may have info they know won’t be allowed to come out of the “official” inquiry?
I don’t just think it’s possible. I think that’s highly likely.
And just like you, I’m ready for answers to come out.
This is breaking news — more to come when it becomes available!
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