Secret Service officials rejected Donald Trump’s request for additional security in the two years before last weekend’s assassination attempt, a damning report revealed Saturday.
The ex-president, 78, asked for more agents and magnetometers at large public events he attended, as well as snipers for outdoor venues, four insiders told The Washington Post.
Each request was shot down by senior officials who claimed the agency lacked the resources Trump was asking for, the outlet reported.
Trump was receiving a lesser level of protection afforded to former presidents and major party presidential candidates when 20-year-old gunman Matthew Thomas Crooks opened fire at his rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday.
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