Majority of Trump security detail were not Secret Service, whistleblowers tell Sen. Hawley --Whistleblowers allegedly claimed that the majority of security personnel at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally were Homeland Security Investigations agents | 19 July 2024 | Whistleblowers inside the Department of Homeland Security have alleged that the majority of the security detail for former President Donald Trump were "not even Secret Service," according to a Republican lawmaker. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri relayed these claims in a public letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday outlining a series of security failures at Trump's fateful Butler, Pennsylvania, rally. "Whistleblowers who have direct knowledge of the event have approached my office. According to the allegations, the July 13 rally was considered to be a 'loose' security event," Hawley wrote in the letter. "For example, detection canines were not used to monitor entry and detect threats in the usual manner. Individuals without proper designations were able to gain access to backstage areas."