Kash Patel Faces Tough Questions From Fox News About President Trump’s Security

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President Donald Trump is still alive and kicking after dodging at least three assassination attempts, but Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in DC is raising renewed concerns about the president’s security protocol.

And FBI Director Kash Patel provided a suitable source for one Fox News Channel host to voice such a concern on air.

TheBlaze reported on the segment:

“They did a great job on the ground,” “Fox & Friends” host Lawrence Jones said of the Secret Service. “But they remain reactive. The proactive approach is still under great scrutiny. The president of the United States is averaging an assassination attempt once a year.”

“So who’s going to do the investigating of the procedures?” Jones asked Patel. “Secret Service can’t investigate themselves because there are still people in leadership at the Secret Service that were responsible for Butler. How does that happen? It was a failure.”

Patel acknowledged the failures that took place in Butler, Pennsylvania, but deferred to the Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s leadership. Patel did not detail which procedures or protocols would be improved or changed but indicated that some sort of reform would take place.

“I can’t speak to Butler, and I agree it was a total failure. Absolutely,” Patel responded. “But I have full confidence in Secretary Markwayne Mullin. He oversees the United States Secret Service. I’ve talked to him repeatedly over the weekend … and said, ‘Whatever you need from the FBI, whatever we can assist in, and however we can better prepare to protect our protectees going forward, with the U.S. Secret Service, this FBI stands ready to do.’ And we’re going to improve that process under Markwayne’s leadership and oversight of the Secret Service.”

Plenty of other critics took to social media to express their misgivings about the continued safety of Trump and those serving in his administration:

The National News Desk provided additional context from the Patel interview:

“You heard the president say on Saturday night that we’re gonna do this again in short order, maybe in 30 days or so, and we’re gonna be ready for that. The security posture, I imagine, is gonna be completely different,” he continued.

“I’ll be working with the White House, with the Department of Homeland Security, the Secret Service, the Metropolitan Police Department – the FBI will be fully resourced for that event, to assist in the security, and we will provide our input.

Here’s a breakdown of how the gunman was able to get as far as he did before he was apprehended:



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