GOP Rep. William Timmons of South Carolina pressed Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday on reports that the Pittsburgh Secret Service field office sent four times the number of additional agents to cover a first lady Jill Biden event than to former President Donald Trump's July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he was shot.
Trending: Jaw-Dropper: A Reported 4x as Many Local Secret Service Agents Sent to Jill Biden on Same Day Trump Was Shot "And when two events occur at the same time and the same geographic vicinity that the risk profile of each event should be taken into account, and whichever event is greater risk should receive greater resources?" the congressman continued.
The lawmaker than contrasted Trump's outdoor rally, when he has been under specific threats from Iran, to Biden's indoor event.
"President Trump is the former president and the future president, so I would say that that is a fairly high risk event. Would you agree?" Timmons asked.
The director stated that no assets were diverted from the Trump rally to Biden's event.
"The number of personnel that were allocated to both of those events were comparable to the risk at both of those events," she asserted.
"There were significantly more assets and resources available at the former president's event than there were at the first lady's event," Cheatle said.
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