I posted a tweet further up. Says they only one day for the advance team to prep the site and a lot of assets were at a Jill Biden event in Pittsburgh. So your sister is correct.
If I understand correctly, he went to HS there. And sounds like he waited to get into position after the rally had started.
But definitely a massive failure. If the idiot who got kicked off the rifle team could do this, what could a trained team of terrorist do?
There were also many supplemental agents from different field officers (not Trump's regular detail) providing security at the rally because Trump's regular detail has been overworked (some working 7 days straight), and only two counter-snipers.
I’m thinking the sniper team we see the image of wasn’t the team that took him out. The team from the image possibly didn’t have line of site to the shooter.
Local LEO climbed up to the top of the building, using both hands, so no gun drawn. The shooter looked at him and the LEO ducked back down. Then the shooter started shooting.
Secret Service agents, both current and retired, told The Post that they are in shock at how badly Trump’s outer rings of security appeared to fail. They note that the inner perimeter of Trump’s security, the agents in his immediate detail, performed rapidly once shots rang out and evacuated...
The law enforcement sniper (unclear if USSS) in newsreels was clearly overwhelmed as his face came off his rifle instead of doing his job to kill the shooter. Clearly they were watching the shooter but apparently have a no "first shot" policy. The only positive action was an apparent 488yd...
I’ve been in close proximity to Secret Service multiple times over the years. This security failure doesn’t square with how I’ve seen them work in the past.