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What’s Wrong with the Secret Service? | Richard Staropoli | Just Asking Questions, Ep. 42
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An ex-Secret Service agent explains what he thinks left Donald Trump vulnerable to two close-call assassination attempts within two months.
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How well-protected is Donald Trump?
On July 13, Trump became the first U.S. president to be shot in more than 40 years, and the first to be shot during a campaign since 1912. Then, incredibly, the Secret Service stopped a second would-be assassin who was stationed with a rifle on the perimeter of Trump's golf course as the former president was one hole away: two unnervingly close calls in about two months. What's going on?
Some Republican lawmakers say Trump is under-protected and accuse the Biden administration of politicizing the Secret Service to intentionally put the president in danger. Media reports say that Trump has made the Secret Service's job too difficult by insisting on golfing on short notice at unsecured locations. The Secret Service says it's understaffed.
Today's guest will give us an insider's view of how the Secret Service works and what might have gone wrong. Richard Staropoli served as a special agent in the Secret Service for 25 years, served briefly as the chief information officer for the Department of Homeland Security under the Trump administration, and is now the senior managing director for Rivada, a telecommunications and satellite internet company.
Sources referenced in the conversation:
U.S. District Court Report on PreTrial Detention of Ryan Routh
Sen. Ted Cruz suggests political agenda in Secret Service failures
The Washington PostWhy Trump's golf course outings were of high concern for Secret Service
Ryan Routh's criminal record
AP News'Ticking time bomb'Those who raised suspicions about Trump suspect question if enough was done
Edward Snowden"Congress should get answers," regarding Routh
July 30, 2024 Hearing on the PA assassination attempt
Palm Beach County Sheriff Holds Press Conference
DeSantis opens statelevel investigation
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