{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-demands-secret-service-respond-to-whistleblower-allegations-regarding-second-assassination-attempt-of-trump/", "Hawley Demands Secret Service Respond to Whistleblower Allegations Regarding Second Assassination Attempt of Trump", "2024-09-19", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe detailing new whistleblower allegations about the Secret Service\u2019s apparent failures to secure known vulnerabilities at former President Trump\u2019s golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., this past Sunday, Sept. 15.\n\n\u201c[A]n individual who has in fact protected President Trump at that very location\u2014alleges there are \u2018known vulnerabilities\u2019 in the fence line surrounding the course: places that offer a clear line of sight to the former president and others playing the course,\u201d wrote Senator Hawley. \u201cThe reality is that the would-be assassin should never have been able to linger around the course for that long undetected.\u201d\n\nBackground\n\nAs a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), Senator Hawley has been a leader in the investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Just this week, Senator Hawley released a new 22-page whistleblower report detailing the failures of the United States Secret Service in connection with the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Trump.\n\nYesterday Senator Hawley\u2019s amendment directing the Secret Service to release any and all information pertaining to the July 13 assassination attempt passed unanimously in HSGAC.\n\nRead his new letter here or below.\n\nSeptember 18, 2024\n\nThe Honorable Ronald L. Rowe, Jr.\n\nActing Director\n\nU.S. Secret Service\n\n245 Murray Ln SW, Building T-5\n\nWashington, D.C. 20223\n\nDear Acting Director Rowe,\n\nMy office has received new whistleblower information regarding the most recent attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump, raising troubling questions about Secret Service protocols on that day.\n\nA whistleblower with direct knowledge of Secret Service protection at former President Trump\u2019s golf course in West Palm Beach\u2014an individual who has in fact protected President Trump at that very location\u2014alleges there are \u201cknown vulnerabilities\u201d in the fence line surrounding the course: places that offer a clear line of sight to the former president and others playing the course. As a result, the whistleblower alleges it has been Secret Service protocol to \u201cpost up\u201d agents at these vulnerable spots when Trump visits the course. That apparently did not happen on September 15. Instead, the gunman was permitted to remain along or near the fence line for some 12 hours.\n\nIt is further unclear from your recent press conference whether agents swept the perimeter of the golf course at any point, or whether drones were used to surveil the fence line. The reality is that the would-be assassin should never have been able to linger around the course for that long undetected.\n\nPlease answer immediately the following questions raised by these new whistleblower allegations:\n\nDid Secret Service personnel \u201cpost up\u201d at known vulnerabilities in the perimeter fencing?\n\nDid Secret Service personnel sweep the perimeter prior to the former president\u2019s arrival on the site?\n\nDid Secret Service use canine units or Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) elements to monitor the perimeter of the golf course? How were they used?\n\nIf counter surveillance personnel were present at the golf course on September 15, as you stated at a recent press conference, in what manner were they deployed? Why did they not detect the gunman sooner?\n\nWhat was the specific counter surveillance mitigation plan for the known vulnerabilities outside the fence line that day?\n\nSincerely,\n\nJosh Hawley\n\nUnited States Senator\n\n\u2014", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-demands-secret-service-respond-to-whistleblower-allegations-regarding-second-assassination-attempt-of-trump/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0108319111168385, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}