Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz has voiced serious concerns regarding the level of protection around former President Donald Trump, citing information from a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
According to Gaetz, the official revealed that there are five known assassination teams in the United States, three of which are believed to be inspired by foreign governments and two that are domestic.
All five teams are reportedly targeting Trump.
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“A senior Homeland Security official I met with said that they were aware of at least FIVE teams in the country—three foreign in nature and two domestic—that are geared toward assassinating President Trump,” said Gaetz.
Gaetz stated that prior to the second assassination attempt against Trump, DHS officials had already expressed concern over the insufficiency of force protection around the former president.
“The coordination at the dignitary protection level was at the bare minimum required to keep our presidents and presidential candidates safe while on the trail,” said Gaetz.
He questioned why security teams were being reassigned from Trump’s detail to others, including President Joe Biden’s.
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While Gaetz emphasized that he wanted no harm to come to Biden, he argued that the threat level for Biden was significantly different from that of Trump, and it did not justify reallocating security resources.
He also highlighted that requests from Trump’s detail and campaign for increased security had gone unanswered.
The revelations and concerns come in the wake of two assassination attempts on Trump, raising alarms about the adequacy of the former president’s security and the prioritization of resources within DHS.
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