The U.S. Secret Service was protecting former President Donald Trump with presidential-level coverage during a second apparent assassination attempt against him on Sept. 15, lawmakers told reporters in Washington after receiving a briefing from the Secret Service on Sept. 18.
“He had the same coverage as sitting president as he had last Sunday,” Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), who is chairing the House of Representatives task force probing the first assassination attempt against Trump, told reporters on Capitol Hill.
“I came away today feeling that the Secret Service on this past Sunday was treating it the same way as when President Trump was the sitting president,” he said….