by Charlotte Hazard
Comer went on to say that the Secret Service as an agency needs to be reformed.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said that the House has proof that the Secret Service did not give former President Donald Trump extra security before the assassination attempt on his life, despite him asking for it.
"Do you have pretty strong proof that the Secret Service was turning down security recommendations for Trump ahead of July 12?" host John Solomon asked Wednesday.
"Yes, they were," Comer answered on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "We know that the Trump campaign requested more Secret Service, and the Secret Service denied them."
Trump was nearly assassinated on July 13 this year during a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Two people were injured in the shooting and another died.
There were reports that the campaign had requested more security prior to the event and were turned down.
"I [would] like to remind people that the Secret Service has 8,100 employees and they have an annual budget of $3.1 billion but what we've seen over the past decade ... they've started farming more and more of their responsibilities out to state and local police," Comer said.
He went on to say that the Secret Service as an agency needs to be reformed.
Charlotte Hazard
Source: https://justthenews.com/government/congress/comer-says-house-has-proof-extra-security-was-not-given-trump-team-attempted
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