I never for a moment bought that the Secret Service wanted Trump to get assassinated. 

Protection is in their blood and ingrained in their souls. 

But their boss, Alejandro Mayorkas? I suspect that he would be quite happy to see Donald Trump murdered, which may explain why Trump's Secret Service team was under-resourced and unable to do its job properly. 

Was Mayorkas responsible for the attempted assassination's near success? I think there is a good argument that he is. 

Just to be clear, I don't think Mayorkas arranged a hit on Donald Trump. Even for him this would be a bridge too far. 

Rather, he has been a key part of the campaign to demonize Trump and fully on board with ramping up the political temperature, and he likely was involved in ensuring that Trump's team was denied the resources it needed and requested to protect the once and former president. 

We are all focused on the wrong target when it comes to the grotesque failures of the Secret Service, or at least we are missing the fact that the top of the chain of command for the Secret Service wasn't Kimberly Cheatle, but Alejandro Mayorkas. It is he who ultimately ran the Secret Service, and he should be held responsible. 

My statement on the appointment of Ronald L. Rowe, Jr. as Acting Secret Service Director ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/qlvES7N4P7

— Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (@SecMayorkas) July 23, 2024

The Acting Director after Cheatle's resignation is the man DIRECTLY responsible for setting the protection priorities that nearly got Donald Trump killed. 

Here is what the CURRENT Director of the Secret Service, saying that he didn't imagine that anybody wanted to harm Donald Trump. 

NEW: Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe is surprised that there are people who "do actually want to do harm" to USSS protectees.

The person currently in charge of protecting the most hated people in the world is surprised that people want to hurt them.

According to… pic.twitter.com/OBBxdETxGF

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 30, 2024

Yes, that is right: Cheatle was the top boss, but the guy in charge of the protective division that failed now runs the agency. Mayorkas put him in that position, suggesting that the Secretary of Homeland Security was quite happy with his performance on July 13th. 

Think about that. 

Effective July 23, 2024, Ronald L. Rowe, Jr. serves as the Acting Director of the Secret Service. As Acting Director, he is responsible for successfully executing the agency’s integrated mission of protection and investigations by leading a diverse workforce composed of more than 7,800 Special Agents, Uniformed Division Officers, Technical Law Enforcement Officers, and Administrative, Professional, and Technical personnel.

Prior to this appointment, he served as Deputy Director of the Secret Service in April 2023. In this role, Mr. Rowe was responsible for the direct oversight of the agency’s daily investigative and protective operations. Mr. Rowe also guided the agency’s policies and was responsible for introducing state-of-the-art technologies to enhance the agency’s protective countermeasures.

Prior to his appointment as Deputy Director, Mr. Rowe served as the agency’s Assistant Director for the Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs. He was responsible for leading the Secret Service’s engagement with Congress, the Department of Homeland Security and other government partners.

Mr. Rowe’s previous executive experience within the Secret Service includes serving as the Chief of Staff to the Director (2021), Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Protective Operations (2018-2021) and as the Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs (2017-2018).

Again, think about that. This was the man whose job it was to directly supervise protective services and the one who denied the security resources necessary to protect Donald Trump. 

Rowe succeeded former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned last week after bipartisan calls following her widely panned testimony before the House Oversight Committee. But both Rowe and Cheatle were directly involved in decisions denying requests for more magnetometers, additional agents, and other resources to help screen rallygoers at large, outdoor Trump campaign gatherings.

It was Rowe’s decision alone to deny counter sniper teams to any Trump event outside of driving distance from D.C., these sources asserted.

Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate are set to appear Tuesday before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs committees.

Senators on both sides of the aisle have vowed to press for answers on the assassination attempt of former President Trump that took the life of rally-goer Corey Comperatore and wounded two others. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who chairs the Homeland Security panel, said he plans to grill Rowe and Abbate on the “litany of gaps and failures.”

🚨🚨Scoop: Acting Secret Service Chief Ronald Rowe Played Key Role in Limiting Resources for Trump https://t.co/HoUGZfcsMo

— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) July 30, 2024

He is now Director of the Secret Service, appointed by Alejandro Mayorkas. If that doesn't raise your suspicions, I am not sure what would. Alejandro Mayorkas has done more to undermine the security of the United States than any other single person. More than any foreign intelligence officer ever could. 

Johnson and other members of the committee are expected to focus on Rowe’s role in the Secret Service’s repeated denials of extra security requested by agents assigned to Trump’s protective detail and about decisions regarding the number of placement of snipers assigned to some of Trump’s events.

Assigning counter snipers based on the ability to drive to an event may sound far-fetched, but knowledgeable sources explained that there’s a limited number of these highly trained Uniform Division officers. It’s easier for counter sniper teams to carry their guns and gear in a van they can all use to transport the teams to the site for advance work for the event and then use the same vehicles, referred to by the Secret Service as “push vehicles,” to return to D.C.

And he is the guy whose sole responsibility is protecting the country and also presidential candidates...like Donald Trump. 

Congress, of course, should press forward with a comprehensive investigation into the failures that led to the murder and wounding of civilians on July 13th and the shooting of President Trump, but it should put special focus on Mayorkas' role in the running of the Secret Service. 

He is, after all, the big boss responsible for running it. He is the one who has promoted the man most responsible for allowing it to happen to the slot of Director. He is also the person most directly responsible for keeping the US border open, allowing in terrorists. 

Mayorkas shouldn't just be impeached. He needs to be investigated and convicted. Now. He was likely the guy who directed Trump to be so vulnerable and helped up the rhetorical campaign to demonize Trump. 

He is responsible for this.