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Former Secret Service Chief Paid Himself a Bonus

Former acting Secret Service Director Ron Rowe gave himself a senior leadership “performance” bonus around the holidays in December after previously serving as the second in command of the agency, leading up to the two assassination attempts against President Trump last year, according to multiple knowledgeable sources.

The agency pays nearly everyone in senior executive leadership positions bonuses – many worth thousands of dollars – at the end of the year, and that includes Rowe, the sources said.

Because Rowe was the acting director at the time, he moved forward with giving himself a bonus and then continued to remain on the payroll listed as a “senior advisor” for nearly half of this year – months after Trump tapped Sean Curran as the new director. Rowe could do so by using up all accumulated sick and leave time, sources tell RCP. Rowe has since announced that he had joined the Chertoff Group, the national security consulting firm run by former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned in disgrace after Trump was nearly killed at the Butler rally and rallygoer Corey Comperatore was murdered, did not receive a bonus last year because she was no longer employed by the agency at the end of the year, these sources confirmed.

Meanwhile, the first quarterly installment of promised retention bonuses for agents who agreed not to jump ship to another government law enforcement job or retire in the aftermath of the morale-sinking assassination attempts has been delayed for weeks. On Wednesday, USSS leaders once again reassured agents in an email that their promised retention bonuses are coming and would be paid by the end of August.

The information is helping ease some anxiety for agents miffed by multiple retention check delays – an important morale booster as the Secret Service prepares for President Trump’s ride-along tonight with D.C. law enforcement and National Guard troops. Trump wants to see for himself their efforts to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital, but such a hands-on D.C. night tour will pose a complex challenge for the Secret Service, which is charged with the unusual task of protecting a president while accompanying law enforcement officers on patrol.

USSS leadership sent an email to all agents Wednesday after RealClearPolitics once again inquired about the ongoing delays with the first quarterly installment of their retention bonuses. When the funds are fully disbursed over the next year, the retention incentives will amount to tens of thousands of dollars per employee who agreed to stay on the job and not to leave the agency.

The new email updated the agents to let them know that all Uniformed Division officers who deserved the retention bonuses had received them, while the agency was paying other agents in alphabetical order – and had disbursed the funds to agents with last names starting with the letter “A” through “F” so far, a source familiar with the matter told RCP.

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Secret Service Official Targeted in Swatting Call

A high-ranking U.S. Secret Service official was targeted by an anonymous swatting call on July 4.

The caller connected with the 911 system in the undisclosed community where the official lives, according to Axios, and claimed someone was running around the official’s home with a gun.

The incident was reportedly revealed on Thursday by Michael Centrella, Secret Service field operations assistant director, at a cybersecurity event in San Francisco.

Centrella told the Deepfake Resilience symposium participants that the Secret Service official is known to the local department where he lives. When the swatting caller described the man’s daughter as the one running around with a gun, local police knew immediately they had a fake call on their hands. He does not have a daughter.

But the issue remained that the caller knew the official’s name and correct home address.

These types of calls are typically intended to create chaos and confusion by prompting a large and well-armed response by police. SWAT (special weapons and tactics) teams are often deployed to respond to calls of someone with a gun, hence the descriptive name, “swatting.”

Swatting calls have been increasing, but so has law enforcement’s response. FBI Director Kash Patel posted about the increase in cases in March.

“The FBI is aware of this dangerous trend, and my team and I are already taking action to investigate and hold those responsible accountable.”

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Project Veritas Catches Secret Service Guard Compromising White House Security

A Secret Service agent unknowingly disclosed sensitive information about his White House assignment to an undercover Project Veritas journalist, all the while mocking President Donald Trump. 

The agent, identified by the media group on Monday as Marc Hendrickson, came across the undercover journalist on a dating app and appeared eager to impress her. First, he invited her to the White House and then sent a photo of his exact location while on the building’s lawn. 

Hendrickson described himself as a “liberal” since age 18 and criticized Trump in private messages, claiming the president was “doing a lot of whacky shit right now.” 

In another exchange, Hendrickson extended an invitation to the stranger to visit him at the White House, though it’s unclear if he meant inside the building or outside. 

“Well if you’re close to the White House you can come here and I say hi,” he reportedly wrote. 

In response, the undercover reporter said: “Haha that would be cool. I’m not working the next two three days. You’re at the White House?” 

“Yes,” Hendrickson responded.  

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Alarming Report: Current Secret Service Director Sean Curran Signed Off on Unacceptable Security Plan the Day Before Butler Rally Where Trump Was Nearly Killed

The current Secret Service Director allegedly failed to take proper steps to safeguard President Donald Trump’s life before the fateful Butler, Pennsylvania rally, according to an alarming new report.

As TGP readers know, an assassination attempt was made on Trump’s life exactly one year ago today. A bullet fired by Democrat Donor Thomas Crooks grazed the president’s ear during the rally.

Corey Comperatore was fatally struck in the head. Two other rally attendees were wounded, one critically.

Crooks fired the shot on top of a nearby building, where Secret Service counter-snipers had a clear view of the shooter from their position at a higher elevation than the shooter behind Trump, yet they did not act. Crooks accessed the building with a ladder he bought at Home Depot the same day as the shooting.

Sean Curran, who was serving as the head of Trump’s security detail, helped shield the President from the bullets and appeared in the iconic photo of Trump after the assassination attempt. Curran was hailed as a hero</> following the incident.

He also supposedly cleaned house immediately upon taking over the agency, winning over more Americans.

Now, a startling revelation from Real Clear Politics National Correspondent Susan Crabtree alleges that Curran and two others gave the green light to the unacceptable security plan that gave Crooks an open shot at Trump.

How did Team Trump miss this?

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Secret Service officials were aware of ‘classified threat’ 10 days before Butler assassination attempt, failed to tell agents guarding Trump 

Senior-level Secret Service officials failed to share “classified threat information” related to President Trump with those assigned to protect him during the Pennsylvania campaign rally where he was nearly assassinated, according to a congressional watchdog report. 

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found the classified intelligence had been presented to Secret Service officials a full 10 days before the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, but the agency’s “siloed practice for sharing” sensitive information resulted in few being aware of the threat against Trump’s life. 

“[T]he Secret Service had no process to share classified threat information with partners when the information was not considered an imminent threat to life,” read the GAO report, released Saturday by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). 

The nature of the threat, described as “highly classified” by Secret Service officials in the report, is not explained. 

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Who Really Shot President Trump in Butler, PA One Year Ago on July 13th?

ABLECHILD shared a report on the anniversary of July 13th where it becomes clear that the investigation of the assassination of President Trump is more of a cover-up than an effort to get to the truth.

Included in its report, AbleChild asks:

The American people are told that the FBI conducted extensive investigations, gaining access to the alleged shooter’s devices, searched his residence and reviewed digital media and video footage. That’s wonderful. Good job. Where’s the final report?

How bout the FBI release its final report of its investigation, including the complete ballistics report, all DNA and fingerprint information, all information relating to the alleged shooter’s phone (including tracking his pings the day of the shooting) and, of course, the mysterious autopsy report of the alleged shooter that Congressional Task Force Chair, Congressman Kelly, says the American people can’t handle.

JD Wilcox also asks the question, “Who Shot Trump?”

Wilcox created a website with the same title and a documentary that is coming out on the one-year anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Trump on July 13.

Wilcox discussed his thoughts on the assassination with Grant Stinchfield a few weeks ago.

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Helen Comperatore Says She Still Has “No Answers” on Her Husband’s Death at Butler, PA Trump Rally – Demands Secret Service Tell Her Everything that Happened to Allow Would-be Trump Assassin to Kill Corey Comperatore

In an emotional interview on Saturday, Helen Comperatore, the wife of Corey Comperatore, reflected on the murder of her husband at a Trump rally during the failed attempt on President Trump’s life on July 13, 2024. 

Would-be assassin Thomas Crooks was able to climb on top of a roof next to Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania rally and put Trump in his scope.

A bullet grazed President Trump’s ear on July 13, 2024, during his Pennsylvania rally. Corey Comperatore was fatally struck in the head. Two other rally attendees were wounded, one critically.

Comperatore dove in front of his family to shield them from the gunfire.

Crooks fired the shot on top of a nearby building, where Secret Service counter-snipers had a clear view of the shooter from their position at a higher elevation than the shooter behind Trump, yet they did not act. Crooks accessed the building with a ladder he bought at Home Depot the same day as the shooting.

Additionally, as The Gateway Pundit reported, an eyewitness told the BBC that several people witnessed the shooter crawling on the roof of a local building with a rifle before Trump was shot, but they did not act until Trump was shot. According to later reports, a police officer encountered the shooter on the roof but let him go after he pointed the gun at him and before he shot Trump.

Investigations into the matter have left more questions than answers. For example, former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s excuse for leaving the building unmonitored by agents was that the building “has a sloped roof at its highest point” and it wouldn’t be safe.

Helen Comperatore questioned, “Why was that such a failure that day? What was the reason? Why did he walk around for an hour without someone grabbing him?”

“We have no answers,” she said. “I want to sit down with the Secret Service, and I want them to tell me everything that happened that day. I want to know why they failed. I want to know what happened.”

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New Details About the Six Suspended Secret Service Agents Connected to Trump Butler Assassination Attempt Emerge

On Wednesday evening, it was reported that six Secret Service personnel connected to the Trump assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, last July have been suspended.

Would-be assassin Thomas Crooks was able to climb on top of a roof next to Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania rally and put Trump in his scope.

A bullet grazed President Trump’s ear on July 13, 2024 during his Pennsylvania rally. One rallygoer was fatally struck in the head. Two other rally attendees were wounded, one critically.

A Secret Service sniper fatally shot Thomas Matthew Crooks after he took several shots at Trump and rallygoers.

The so-called ‘security lapses’ and circumstances surrounding the assassination attempt against Trump raise questions about how Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to pull everything off by himself.

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Six Secret Service Agents Connected to Trump Butler Assassination Attempt Suspended

Six Secret Service agents connected to the Trump assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, last July have been suspended.

The identities of the suspended agents are not known (yet), Fox News host Jesse Watters said on Wednesday evening.

CBS News reported that the six Secret Service personnel were suspended without pay for up to six weeks then placed into restricted duty roles “with less operational responsibility.”

“We aren’t going to fire our way out of this,” Matt Quinn, Secret Service Deputy Director said in an interview CBS News. “We’re going to focus on the root cause and fix the deficiencies that put us in that situation.”

“Secret Service is totally accountable for Butler,” Quinn said. “Butler was an operational failure and we are focused today on ensuring that it never happens again.”

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Secret Service’s plot to track ex FBI director after ‘assassination’ threat revealed as Trump issues chilling warning

The Secret Service reportedly engaged in a clandestine operation to trail and track ex-FBI Director James Comey the day after he was accused of calling for President Donald Trump‘s assassination.

Comey was on vacation in North Carolina in May when he posted a photo of seashells spelling out 86 47 – which Donald Trump Jr. claimed was the former FBI director ‘casually calling for my dad to be murdered.’

Many other Trump administration officials soon also asserted that Comey was advocating for the 47th president’s assassination.

Comey has since denied that he ever intended to harm Trump, and even told Secret Service officials that when they questioned him over the phone that night.

But the next day, the Secret Service had Comey followed by law enforcement authorities in unmarked cars and street clothes as he and his wife traveled from North Carolina, through Virginia and to their home in the Washington DC area, the New York Times reports.

The agency also tracked his cellphone and was receiving real-time information about Comey’s location as authorities waited at the former FBI director’s house for him to return, three government officials with knowledge of the operation told the Times.

The shocking revelation comes amid a federal investigation into Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan for allegedly lying to Congress during their probe into claims of Russian interference in the 2016 election – which Trump won over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

When asked about the FBI investigation on Wednesday, Trump ominously suggested Comey and Brennan may have to ‘pay a price’ as he called both former officials ‘crooked.’

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