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Under questioning from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said that “there were no requests that were denied” at the Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
“A denial of a request does not equal a vulnerability … threats can be mitigated” with technology and other resources, Ms. Cheatle said.
Mr. Jordan had made reference to a statement issued by Secret Service spokesman Anthony Gugliemi over the weekend that suggested the agency had denied the Trump campaign’s requests for more Secret Service security, going back on an earlier statement that said such requests were never denied….