Secret Service chiefs REJECTED Trump's requests for more agents and snipers at his events for two years before assassination attempt - as their shocking reasons are revealed --Trump was receiving less protection than other former presidents and major party presidential candidates | 20 July 2024 | Secret Service officials refused to provide Donald Trump with additional security in the two years prior to last weekend's assassination, according to a report. The damning details revealed that the ex-president's request for more agents and magnetometers at events he attended was denied. Four insiders told The Washington Post that each request was rejected by senior officials. The higher-ups of the Secret Service allegedly claimed that the agency lacked the resources Trump was asking for. It has also been revealed that Trump was receiving less protection...than other former presidents and major party presidential candidates. These oversights have been unearthed in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Trump, 78, last Saturday at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.