Secret Service Was Told Local Police Lacked Manpower to Secure Building Used by Trump Shooter

Secret Service Was Told Local Police Lacked Manpower to Secure Building Used by Trump Shooter
The site during the police investigation into gunfire at a campaign rally of Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, in Butler, Pa., on July 14, 2024. Carlos Osorio/Reuters
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A Butler County official said on Wednesday that local authorities had informed the U.S. Secret Service that local police lacked the manpower to help secure the building used by the shooter who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump last weekend.

The Secret Service “was informed that the local police department did not have manpower to assist with securing that building,” Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger told The Washington Post,
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