Female Secret Service Agents Under Scrutiny In Donald Trump Assassination Attempt

Donald Trump‘s Secret Service safety element was flush with girls the day he was grazed by a bullet … and one former agent says the brass was extra concerned about optics than safety.

TMZ Studios has a brand new particular, “TMZ Presents: Underneath Hearth: The Trump Assassination Try,” the place we discover the numerous, beautiful safety failures that result in the try on Trump’s life at his fateful Butler, Pennsylvania rally.

Richard Staropoli, a prime former Secret Service Particular Agent, is strongly suggesting the ladies assigned to guard Trump that day ought to shoulder lots of the blame.

The way in which Richard sees it … the ladies right here had been assigned extra for optics than advantage, and he has a giant downside with what occurred after the shooter missed Trump’s head.

The difficulty … when SS brokers stand Trump again up on stage, a great portion of the presidential candidate’s physique is uncovered … and Richard says it is as a result of the feminine brokers simply aren’t tall sufficient to protect Trump.

Cheryl Tyler, one other former Secret Service Particular Agent, is pushing again on Richard’s evaluation … she says peak has nothing to do with an agent’s capacity to guard the President, male or feminine.

For Cheryl, Richard’s beef right here simply does not maintain up underneath scrutiny … she says she is aware of lots of male brokers who’ve been shorter than the president they had been assigned to guard.

Truthful, or not, this criticism is a giant a part of the dialog on the would-be Trump assassination … and he did not have as many ladies brokers defending him on the ensuing RNC.