America First Legal (AFL) has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), accusing both agencies of withholding critical government documents related to the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
According to AFL, the DHS and Secret Service have blocked efforts to obtain information about staffing shortages and the use of underqualified agents to protect Trump, citing whistleblower claims of serious understaffing.
AFL is also seeking access to communications between the DHS and Secret Service specifically related to the assassination attempt in Butler County, Pennsylvania, but these requests have similarly been obstructed.
There are still many unanswered questions surrounding the first attempt on Trump’s life, and AFL argues that federal agencies are deliberately delaying or obstructing access to crucial information.
AFL claims the Secret Service is “illegally concealing” documents, despite the organization’s formal request, which met all the requirements for expedited processing.
Gene Hamilton, AFL’s executive director, expressed his frustration in a press release:
“On July 13, the American people watched in horror as a lunatic attempted to assassinate former President, and current candidate for President, Donald Trump.
Today, there is widespread and bipartisan acknowledgment that there were catastrophic failures that tragic day and in the weeks and months ahead of it.”
Though Trump survived the attack, others were not so fortunate. Several people were injured, and one supporter tragically lost their life while protecting their family from gunfire.
Hamilton emphasized that there is no valid excuse for federal agencies to continue stonewalling these requests.
He vowed to obtain the necessary records to uncover what senior DHS leadership was prioritizing at the time and why more resources were not allocated to protecting Trump.
Despite the severity of the incident, both the DHS and Secret Service have defended their decision to withhold documents, arguing that “there was no threat to life or safety of anyone” and “no urgency to inform the public about government activity.”
AFL and others have criticized this stance, arguing it demonstrates a lack of commitment to transparency.
The call for answers isn’t just coming from AFL and conservative circles. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) voiced his frustration, stating, “I am reaching the point of total outrage because the response from the Department of Homeland Security has been totally lacking. In fact, I think it’s tantamount to stonewalling in many respects. The Department of Homeland Security has to be more forthcoming, not only to me, but to the American people.”
Evidence continues to emerge suggesting serious security failures and negligence by the Secret Service, which may have contributed to the circumstances surrounding the attack.
In light of the second attempt on Trump’s life, the need for answers is more urgent than ever.
The American public deserves to know what went wrong, and AFL insists that the Secret Service may not be reliable in its duty to protect Trump, especially as the election draws near.
If Trump is victorious in November, AFL believes the truth will come out, and those responsible for both the original attack and the subsequent obstruction will be held accountable. However, if he loses, they fear these individuals may evade justice.
Give the Communist DHS enough time to change the report which is called tampering with a legal document or evidence.
A Police Officer would go to jail if he/she did what those useless Communist are and have done and gotten away with it for years without a single investigation or indictment since the do nothing Republicans say, screw you America we’ll just let them get away with it but if any one of you taxpayers do it then we’ll throw the book at you.
It’s becoming apparent that the Republicans nolonger represent the people but instead they represent the Communist Democrats and themselves.
Do the Republicans bow down to the Muslim Communist Barack Hussein Obama and kiss his ring and shine his shoes.? And do the same to the Communist Democrats..? I think the cowards actually do.
The scales of justice nolonger remain even it tips more towards Communism rule.
The Communist Democrats want to walk into your home and remove your firearms, are you going to let them America.?
Michael, absolutely correct and just look how long Biden himself has gotten away with countless irregularities that indicated his breach of Constitutional laws for decades even as far as being a Traitor! Yet he or even his son Hunter who obviously has pandered to foreign governments for big bucks for political favors, money-laundering and kickbacks are never thoroughly investigated and then held accountable for all of their many federal law breaking crimes! They’ve all but trashed the US Constitution and obviously would prefer we have a dictatorship/oligarchy government. This also says that the issue of criminality is exponentially larger than just those two traitors because they have been obviously aided and abetted in all of it by many within the congressional and judiciary branches of the government.
Lawrence that’s exactly what I’m getting at.
Thank you my Brother.
Yes Sir Michael and I appreciate the genuine insight.
You’re always welcome Brother.
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