Matt Gaetz says there are multiple ‘assassination teams’ out to kill

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In the wake of two failed attempts on Donald Trump’s life, a Florida congressman revealed disturbing information about other “assassination teams” in the U.S. seeking to kill the former president.

Rep. Matt Gaetz found the latest attempt on Trump’s life in Florida to be a “tragic” and “avoidable” incident but disclosed that there are reportedly five assassination teams within the U.S. currently intent on killing the Republican nominee. Three of those are foreign, according to the Florida Republican who dropped the bombshell during an interview on “Breitbart News Daily.”

“I am starting to get the impression that we do not have enough force protection of supporting President Trump that we ought to have, given the threat environment,” Gaetz told host Mike Slater on Thursday.

He explained that he had recently met with a senior official in the Department of Homeland Security who told him there are at least five known assassination teams in the U.S.

“And, with that type of activity, I don’t think we should be allowing people to set up for an extended period of time and wait to take their shot outside of his golf properties or his other properties,” he added, with a reference to the latest attempt by suspect Ryan Routh who set up outside of Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach before the Secret Service spotted him.

Slater pressed the congressman about the known teams and Gaetz confirmed that they are “aware of at least five teams in-country that are geared toward killing Trump. ”

“And I think, you know, three of them that we know are foreign in nature. Two of them we know are domestic in nature, and that calls for a force protection that we do not have around the former president right now,” he told Slater, noting again that the information came from a DHS official whom he met with, adding that “they were aware of this and were concerned that the Secret Service was not providing sufficient support.”

Trump’s campaign was made aware of an Iranian assassination plot against him in July ahead of his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania where would-be assassin Thomas Crooks fired off several shots, injuring Trump’s ear. Two other rally-goers were critically injured and a third, retired firefighter Corey Comperatore, lost his life trying to protect his family.

When Slater wondered about the ability of these assassination teams to be out in the open, Gaetz replied that there is “insufficient scrutiny to stop them from doing so.”

“Three of these teams are foreign-inspired, from my understanding: Iranians, Ukraine, Pakistan. And you know, the work is obviously challenging to protect — protective detail, like a presidential campaign that is vigorous and out campaigning,” Gaetz said.

He went on to note that this has Congress now investigating whether there is a proper protective detail around the former president and whether the Secret Service has sufficient resources such as sniper teams and the right tactical teams.

“And we’ve seen a few times where resources have been pulled off of the Trump detail for the Jill Biden detail or for the John Bolton detail. And we’re going to question whether or not that was sound, given what we knew about the efforts to kill Trump,” he added.

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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.