Whistleblower: Most Agents on Trump’s Protective Detail on July 13 Were DHS Personnel Trained Via 2-Hour Webinar
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Most of the agents on former President Trump’s protective detail during his Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13 were Homeland Security personnel who had little protective training, according to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). Hawley told Fox News’ Jesse Watters Tuesday night that he had been informed by a whistleblower that the day Trump was almost assassinated, he was mostly guarded by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents who had only received a short and glitchy online training session before the rally. From a rooftop only 450 feet away, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks...
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