Whistleblower says Secret Service is trying to hide Trump's level of protection: Hawley

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri sent letters Wednesday to the heads of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) outlining a new whistleblower claim that the agency's leadership is trying to lower the former president's level of protection To hide Donald Trump.

The letter to USSS Director Ronald Rowe and DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari addresses a whistleblower's claim that government auditors are being denied access to certain Trump campaign events in order to hide these obvious protection failures for the former president.

“You have, of course, publicly stated that former President Trump receives 'the highest level of intelligence protection' and that 'he gets everything.'” “This new whistleblower information is disturbingly contradictory to your public statements,” Hawley wrote in his letter to Rowe.

In his letter to Cuffari, Hawley said the new whistleblower allegations were: “Secretary Service Headquarters blocked several of your auditors from accessing current events in the Trump campaign.”

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Senator Josh Hawley (left) sent a letter to USSS Director Ronald Rowe asking about whistleblowers' allegations of vulnerabilities at the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle and Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg)

“The Secret Service whistleblower alleges that the denial was intended to obscure the fact that the former president does not receive a consistent level of protection money for all of his engagements,” Hawley wrote. “You should be aware of these allegations, which suggest that the Secret Service is actually not cooperating with your investigators and is instead painting a false picture.”

The Secret Service could not immediately be reached for comment.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump raises his fist in the air in defiance after suffering an injured ear in an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

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Since the July 13 assassination attempt against the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania, Hawley has been collecting whistleblower claims to expose possible shortcomings and errors at the USSS.

About two months after 20-year-old gunman Thomas Crooks shot Trump in the ear, Hawley released a comprehensive whistleblower report detailing various allegations against the agency.

Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service Ronald Rowe Jr. addresses the media at a press conference on Monday, September 16, 2024, with an update on the investigation into the suspected assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Mega for Fox News Digital)

Hawley found a “worsening pattern of negligence, sloppiness and gross incompetence dating back years, all culminating in an assassination attempt that was inches away from success,” the report said.

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed Hawley's bill requiring DHS to provide all information about the July 13 and Sept. 15 assassination attempts against Trump.

Crooks' shots during the first attack left rally attendee Corey Comperatore, a husband and father of two, dead. Crooks also shot and critically injured two other rally participants, James Copenhaver and David Dutch.