Former President Trump was afforded extra protection the day his ear was grazed by a bullet, according to a top security official.
“It was the first time Secret Service counter snipers were deployed to support the former president’s detail,” Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. revealed during a press conference Friday afternoon.
“The former president at campaign rallies has actually been getting state and local resources — tactical assets, counter snipers from state and locals. So, with respect to why they were there in Butler, we evaluate our threat landscape every day. We calibrate based on that threat. We evaluated a threat stream that we have, and we put our Secret Service counter sniper personnel out there.”
Trump was shot in the ear by 20-year-old Thomas Crooks while speaking during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13.
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