Trump (and America) dodged a bullet during the attempt on his life. But now more is coming down the pipe.
And Secret Service warned of another assassination attempt that is turning heads.
In a bombshell revelation, a U.S. Secret Service counter-sniper has warned of a potential assassination attempt before the presidential election – possibly within the next month – pointing to corruption at the highest levels of the agency.
RealClearPolitics correspondent Susan Crabtree reported on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday morning that the whistleblower “sent an email Monday night to the entire Uniformed Division (not agents)” of the Biden-Harris administration’s Secret Service.
Crabtree highlighted that the Secret Service “quickly deleted the email,” according to “a knowledgeable source.”
Identifying himself as a Marine Corps veteran with over two decades on the Secret Service’s Counter-Sniper team, the email’s author issued a stark warning.
“This agency NEEDS to change,” wrote the counter-sniper. “[I]f not now, WHEN? The NEXT assassination attempt in [sic] 30 days?”
“Because,” he continued, “we all SHOULD expect another attempt to happen before November.”
“We’ve exposed our inability to protect our leaders due to our leadership,” the sniper stated bluntly in his email.
Drawing a clear line between the agency’s rank-and-file members and its leadership, the whistleblower referenced the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The technicians on duty that day “DID THEIR JOB with their hands tied,” he wrote. “Secret Service SUPERVISORS ‘knew better’ and the foot soldiers working, made the best of a bad situation that resulted in a civilian death and a near miss of the protectee.”
Retired Pennsylvania fire chief Corey Comperatore, 50, lost his life during the assassination attempt, dying a hero while shielding his family from the gunfire.
A counter-sniper ultimately ended the threat by shooting dead the would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20.
The whistleblower expressed frustration in his email: “I know many look at the [counter-sniper] team as ‘guys who sit on the roof’ and don’t do much.”
“But our responsibility, our MISSION, is not about protecting an EMPTY White House,” he emphasized. “It’s about preventing and stopping another JFK style assassination, in whatever city that may be. Sadly, we have fallen short for YEARS.”
The sniper shared that he has “conveyed these thoughts to not only supervisors … but those responsible for training us … Only to be brushed off as if those with less experience somehow knew more than me.”
“The team I was once proud to be a part of, is something I have to now somehow hide as I move into my next career,” he lamented. “Who wants to hire a [Secret Service counter-sniper] guy who failed? That’s the public perception I’m now faced with.”
Calling the July 13 failure “a stain I will never be able to cleanse,” he wrote passionately.
“Some of us take our job and responsibility seriously, DEADLY serious,” he stated. “[F]ailure is not an option, and on 7/13/24, WE failed.”
“Not because of commitment or sense of dedication,” he clarified. “But because our SUPERVISORS (aka leadership) knew better and thought our concerns were less than important.”
The whistleblower concluded that the leadership of the Secret Service had behaved as if the agency’s “motto was CYA” – a clear reference to “cover your *ss.”
“And every supervisor is doing it right now,” he added.
During a heated Senate hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-TN, grilled acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe over the reports that the agency deleted the counter-sniper’s email.
Rowe, who took over after ex-Director Kim Cheatle’s resignation amid scrutiny over the attempt on Trump’s life, was put on the spot.
“A counter-sniper has decided to speak out about the culture at your agency and I think it is very telling,” Blackburn asserted. “You’re the guy in charge.”
“I want to know how you feel about the fact that employees in your agency are worrying about covering their behind and not worried about protecting a former president,” the senator pressed.
Rowe’s response was emotional: “I am hurt by that email … I’m hurt because my people are hurting right now. We need them.”
“Then why did somebody delete the email?” Blackburn demanded.
“I’ll get back to you on that,” Rowe replied.
Stay tuned to the DC Daily Journal.
