Secret Service Allegedly Diverted to Jill Biden Instead of Trump Just Before Shooting: Report

Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.


As it becomes clear that former President Donald Trump will survive his wounds and recover quickly, the focus of Saturday’s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, shifts to how this could have happened — particularly on the watch of the Secret Service.

Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics might have one of the answers as to how this could have happened.

She reported Saturday that resources within the Secret Service were diverted away from the presumptive GOP nominee’s detail and were instead deployed to protect first lady Jill Biden as she campaigned for her husband, President Joe Biden, the same day.

Both the first lady and Trump were in the Pittsburgh area on Saturday, according to KDKA-TV; Biden was scheduled to speak “in Pittsburgh with the White House announcing on Wednesday she will speak at an Italian Sons and Daughters dinner. That will also be at 5 p.m. She’s expected …

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