The Secret Service is trying to reform itself after two assassination attempts against Donald Trump.
But the proposed reforms are only papering over a bigger problem.
And a Secret Service agent exposed this terrible reality the agency’s “leadership” wanted to bury.
Secret Service avoids accountability after catastrophic failures
The American people are still in the dark about what happened during the first assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
Secret Service leadership has stonewalled Congressional investigations and has been resistant to make any serious changes in the face of two assassination attempts against Trump.
Acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe is looking for a major increase for the agency’s budget from Congress to be a fix.
The agency is stretched too thin from a lack of agents.
But more money won’t be the solution to the agency’s staffing problems, according to former agents.
Trump had to cancel a planned outdoor rally in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and move it to a smaller indoor venue because of a lack of resources.
Former Secret Service Michael Matranga told the Daily Caller that it would take at least a year to say any payoff from an increased budget.
“You could throw money at the problem all day long, but it’s not going to immediately rectify what you have going on right now,” Matranga stated.
“With this new budget, they’re going to hire 400 new agents. It takes almost a year to get an agent through training, and it’s going to take a couple years to where they can even do a site advance, or, God forbid, a lead advance on their own,” Matranga continued. “So, we’re going to hire 400 new people, and that’s gonna resolve our problem? No, it’s not.”
Donald Trump needs to be able to campaign free of restrictions
Former Secret Service agent Tim Miller warned that the agency would have a hard time fulfilling its mission to protect Trump.
“This is going to be a very difficult season until we get to election day,” Miller said. “The Secret Service, unfortunately, is playing catch-up due to their lack of ability to protect him properly in the past.”
The Secret Service is providing security for foreign dignitaries at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City which is pushing the agency to the brink.
Former Secret Service agent Richard Staropoli said the agency had a culture problem from nepotism.
“In the Secret Service, the level of nepotism that’s there, and the hiring of legacy applicants, where somebody’s mom or dad or uncle was on that job, is rampant,” Staropoli stated.
That leads to some agents not being able to hack it.
“At some point, you’re overloaded with people that are just dead weight,” Staropoli explained. “Where do you put them? And then what happens is, through attrition, these people start to ascend the ranks and start to get promoted, and that’s where the Secret Service is.”
Donald Trump’s campaign could be impacted during the closing weeks of the election because the agency doesn’t have enough manpower to protect him.
