The Secret Service on Wednesday insisted to House lawmakers that the former president Donald Trump already had effectively the same protection assets as a president in office in the event that a second attempt to assassinate him was stopped in Florida.

This is one of the main conclusions lawmakers on the multi-party House task force that is investigating attempts to assassinate had from an informational meeting with Secret Service officials about Sunday’s incident in which agents surrounded a man within the bushes along the edge of. Trump’s golf club using an assault rifle before he could shoot any shots.

After two assaults at Trump’s life, after two attempts on. Trump’s life within two months, lawmakers demanded his to receive the same security as the president he is currently. However, Secret Service officials told them that the security was stepped up following the attack on July 13 in Pennsylvania.

“He actually had a similar level of security that he had when he was the sitting president,” Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, the most powerful Democrat member of the task team spoke to The Washington Times.

He said. Crow said they were informed that, following the attempted assassination on July 13 President Biden instructed his Secret Service to increase security specifics of Trump. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, as well as vice president Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate at the same level that a president in office receives.

“It’s our understanding that that has happened and that that was in place this past Sunday during the incident,” the official said.

Rep. Mike Kelly, the Pennsylvania Republican who is the chairperson of this taskforce, stated this was what he learned from the meeting as well.

The report of Secret Service officials contradicts Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, who following the incident on Sunday, stated that all the area surrounding the golf course would have been secure if the Mr. Trump were a sitting president. However, the alleged assassin was able to remain in the bush for 12 hours, in wait for. Trump, according to the FBI.

“If he was [a sitting president], we would have had the entire golf course surrounded,” Sheriff Bradshaw declared. “Well, because he’s not, the security is limited to the areas that the Secret Service deems possible.”

The House is scheduled to consider the bill later in the week that will make sure that vice-presidential and presidential nominees to get the same amount of protection as the president in office.

The president. Kelly said the vote is worth having despite the fact that the president is not a democrat. Trump has been given the extra protection, which he acknowledged might not be enough to satisfy all those who criticize him.

“If you hear Secret Service talk … they’re pretty short on people,” said the agent. “I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to meet all the requirements. I believe we’ve done our best However, I think that there are limits in what you can accomplish.”

The members of the task force stated that their most important impression from the briefing was the difference in security situation was at the Butler gathering, in which the first incident took place in contrast to the incident on Sunday that took place at. Trump’s private golf course.

“From the Secret Service’s standpoint, they’ve already been through this once, and they were heavily criticized for what they didn’t do,” Mr. Kelly said, adding that the agency has made some adjustments.

He also noted that both assassination attempts were carried out in a variety of venues. The Butler incident took place during a campaign event attended by hundreds of people, while the Florida incident occurred at a private golf club.

“In Butler, Pennsylvania, you had a series of cascading security failures and things that were supposed to happen that didn’t happen,” Mr. Crow said. “In this instance, it appears as though things went as they were supposed to go, that they followed procedures, that the security bubble around the former president actually followed him.”

The task force plans to expand their investigation to include Florida assassination attempt. However, this will require a majority vote in the House to revise the resolution which established the task force.

The Mr. Kelly and Mr. Crow have said they intend to have the task force’s inaugural open hearing this week about the security problems in Butler with local law enforcement officials, but the date is still in flux.

“The initial stages of our investigation has been on local law enforcement,” Mr. Crow said. “Those have been the transcribed interviews we’ve been conducting over the last couple of weeks and the focus of our document requests and productions.”

The chairman. Kelly said the goal is to also issue an interim report this week that will provide details on the task force’s investigations. The report will be released next week. Crow was unaware of the plans for a report the release of which House Speaker Mike Johnson had announced publicly in an interview with Fox News interview on Monday.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will also plan to publish a report on it’s investigation into Butler assassination plot.