Shellenberger: Secret Service Lied, Trump Was Denied Protection

Sources close to former President Donald Trump told Public, Michael Shellenberger's publication, that the head of Trump's security detail had requested additional security resources but was denied by the director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle.

On Sunday, the Secret Service's chief of communications, Anthony Guglielmi, posted on X that it was "an untrue assertion that a member of the former President's team requested additional security resources & that those were rebuffed. This is absolutely false."

"In fact," he noted, "we added protective resources & technology & capabilities as part of the increased campaign travel tempo."

However, multiple sources close to Trump say Guglielmi's claim is a lie. The head of Trump's security detail and the Secret Service agents who have been protecting him claimed that for months, they all made "multiple" requests for additional help, but Cheatle, whose agency falls under the Department of Homeland Security, headed by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, turned them down.

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-security-secret-service/2024/07/14/id/1172501/