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Former Secret Service agent Richard Staropoli warned that the agency is unprepared for what he says could be another assassination attempt against President-elect Donald Trump before inauguration day.

Trump faced two assassination attempts during the 2024 presidential campaign, one of which was a direct result of USSS failure when a 20-year-old named Thomas Matthew Crooks got within rifle range during his rally in Pennsylvania.

Starapoli said Trump could face a threat “of a much bigger magnitude before he takes office in January.

“I’m not highly confident at all. The Secret Service that you see out there today is not the Secret Service of yesteryear. Somewhere along the line they’ve completely dropped the ball,” Starapoli said.

“That testimony that you saw today was purely a smokescreen to cover up the shortcomings of a politically compromised agency. It should never have gotten to that point,” Starapoli added.

“This whole talk about all these drones and these UAVs, hey, that’s all great, but you need to get back to the basics.”

“What made the Secret Service great was its ability to put human intelligence, manpower on the streets and effectively secure the environment to make it safe for the president of the United States. I don’t see that here.”

“As a matter of fact, I don’t think I’d be alone in saying that I certainly can see something happening between now and inauguration day,” he continued.

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“And it’s not going to be some 20-year-old kid on the roof of a building that’s allowed to get within 100 yards. It’s going to be something of a much bigger magnitude and I don’t think the Secret Service is anywhere equipped to handle that situation.”

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On Thursday, acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe testified at a hearing held by the House’s Task Force on Trump Assassination Attempts.

During the hearing, he got into a screaming match with Republican Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas over Rowe’s attendance at a 9/11 memorial event.

Fallon asked if Rowe was in charge of Joe Biden’s details at the event after Rowe asserted that the head of the president’s Secret Service detail was usually the “closest” to the president.

“Actually, congressman, what you’re not seeing is the [Special Agent in Charge] of the detail off out of the picture’s view, and that is the day where we remember the more than 3,000 people that died on 9/11,” Rowe said.

“I actually responded to Ground Zero. I was there going through the ashes at the World Trade Center. I was there for rescues.”

“I’m not asking you that!” Fallon responded.

“Do not invoke 9/11 for political purposes!” Rowe shouted, with Fallon yelling “No, I’m not!” in response.

Earlier this year, Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino predicted another security “incident” just weeks before the second assassination attempt on Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club in Florida.

In August, Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., asked Bongino, “Is the Secret Service in a better spot today with Director Rowe in charge?”

“No, it’s worse,” Bongino replied.

He then predicted that “something else” would happen, adding, “I pray to my Lord and savior Jesus Christ that I’m wrong.”

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