Following the second attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life in a two-month span, members of Congress say that that Secret Service is «redlined.»
After two attempts on former President Donald Trump’s life in a two-month span, the latest thwarted on Sunday, members of a congressional task force say that the Secret Service is lacking in funds and personnel.
«The Secret Service told us very clearly [last Thursday] that they are redlined – they are working overtime, double overtime», Rep. Mike Kelly, head of the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump, told «America’s Newsroom.»
«These folks are burned out.
«We keep hearing they don’t have enough men, they don’t have enough money», the Pennsylvania Republican continued. «They claim they don’t have enough personnel that they can put in place.»
The understaffing comes as, according to Rep.
