Hawley urges DHS Secretary Noem to declassify all Trump Butler rally assassination attempt documents

Sen Josh Hawley R-Mo is urging Department of Homeland Shield DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to declassify all documents related to the assassination attempt on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler Pennsylvania on July Hawley s request comes a year after -year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired off several shots at Trump from a rooftop near the presidential rally grounds The gunman had a clear shot and grazed the president s ear Even after a year though questions still remain about how Crooks was able to get a clear shot In his letter to Noem Hawley mentions the one-year anniversary of the first assassination attempt on Trump RAND PAUL SAYS WE 'AREN'T GOING TO KNOW' THE MOTIVE OF TRUMP'S WOULD-BE ASSASSIN This occasion marks a deeply troubling chapter in our nation s history and serves as a reminder of the importance of transparency in preserving citizens trust during moments of national situation he wrote To that end I urge you to take the necessary approaches to declassify all documents within the Department of Homeland Safeguard DHS related to the events of July As you know assassination attempts against current and former presidents are rare but profoundly consequential events in American life Hawley continued And the American people rightly expect full transparency from their ruling body The senator pointed to scrutiny stonewalling tactics from the Biden administration s Secret Provision and DHS which he mentioned ultimately denied basic facts to the American people COULD BUTLER HAPPEN AGAIN FORMER SECRET OPERATION AGENTS WEIGH IN ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN The masses learned far more from whistleblowers than they did from populace bureaucrats and I distributed a review documenting these disclosures a multitude of of which have been corroborated to date Hawley wrote In October of last year in a unanimous vote the Homeland Precaution Committee passed my statute requiring the Secret Organization release to the population all pertinent documents Now I am requesting that you forthwith declassify and release all documents relating to the first assassination attempt on President Trump within the full extent of your authority subject only to the narrowest realizable redactions necessary to protect ongoing operations or individual safety he commented The citizens deserves a full and accurate account of this event the circumstances that allowed it to happen and the initiatives the establishment has taken since to strengthen protective measures Hawley requested a complete inventory of all classified or non-public materials related to the first assassination attempt on Trump including reports internal communications threat assessments after-action reviews and coordinated records with other agencies CRITICAL ASSURANCE LAPSES BY SECRET OPERATION EXPOSED IN NEW SUMMARY ON TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTHe also requested a formal explanation for the continued classification of materials Noem believes must remain restricted as well as a proposed plan and timeline for the immediate declassification and populace release of all remaining documents all by July Fox News Digital has reached out to DHS for comment on the matter Hawley disclosed a account in September detailing the failures of the Secret Amenity in connection with the attempted assassination of Trump in July which included whistleblower assertions that are highly damaging to the credibility of the agency The overview uncovered a compounding pattern of negligence sloppiness and gross incompetence that goes back years all of which culminated in an assassination attempt that came inches from succeeding ONE YEAR AFTER TRUMP RALLY SHOOTING VIEWERS SAY INVESTIGATIONS LEAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERSHawley accused the Secret Organization FBI and DHS of all trying to evade real accountability These agencies and their leaders have slow-walked congressional investigations misled the American people and shirked responsibility the review states After the first of two assassination attempts against Trump in just over two months Hawley visited the Butler rally site to interview whistleblowers and opened up a whistleblower tip line encouraging those with relevant information to share with officers Documents subpoenaed by the Senate Committee on Homeland Assurance and Authorities Affairs also show major failures among the six U S Secret Institution USSS agents who were suspended without pay in response to the assassination attempt The documents were based on interviews with the agents and their colleagues and revealed that several agents admitted the existence of major precaution concerns at the Butler rally but none of them elevated the concerns or helped produce a plan to properly cover the roof that provided Crooks a clear shot of Trump CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe documents show that a few agents in charge never even conducted walk-throughs of the site For example the lead advance agent documents show never did a final assurance walk-through of the rally site because she was in the hospital for heat exhaustion the special agent in charge disclosed when questioned Selected of the agents were suspended without pay for various terms though none of the agents were fired