Secret Service Director Refuses to Answer How Many Personnel Were at the Trump Rally on the Day of the Assassination Attempt

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Comer: “... were assigned to President Trump on the day of the rally?”
CHEATLE: “Again, I’m not going to get into the specifics of the numbers of personnel that we had there. But we feel that there was a sufficient number of agents assigned.”
Comer: “There are reports that several agents assigned to the rally on July 13 were — were temporary agents, agents not normally assigned to President Trump. Is that accurate?”
CHEATLE: “What I can tell you is that the agents that were assigned to former President Trump are Secret Service agents that provide close protection to him. And that was what was actual on that day.”
Comer: “I mean, the temporary agents were there that day.”
CHEATLE: “Quite frequently served during campaign events. The Secret Service utilizes agents from HSI or the Department of Homeland Security —“ [crosstalk]
Comer: “But you — you don’t know how many — had the investigators reconstructed the shooter’s precise movements?”

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