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Secret Service in Crisis: Used Local Cops at Trump Rally

A spokesperson for the Secret Service conceded that the agency relied on local law enforcement to fill in “significant parts of its typical array of specialized protective units.”

A spokesperson for the Secret Service conceded that the agency relied on local law enforcement to fill in “significant parts of its typical array of specialized protective units.”

It’s been the question on everyone’s mind since Donald Trump narrowly escaped death in an assassination attempt Saturday night: How, exactly, was a 20-year-old rifleman able to perch himself on a rooftop just 150 yards away from the former president during a rally?

It turns out, the Secret Service’s over reliance on Pennsylvania cops may be partially to blame, with a report from The Washington Post revealing Sunday the agency punted the responsibility of surveying and securing some nearby structures to local officers.

Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the Secret Service, conceded that the agency relied on local law enforcement to fill in “significant parts of its typical array of specialized protective units,” the Post reported.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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