Acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe had a direct role in denying extra security resources, including countersnipers for former President Donald Trump’s rallies, sources say in a report that he flatly denied while testifying before Congress Tuesday.

In a RealClear Politics expose Tuesday before the hearing, journalist Susan Crabtree documents that Rowe denied repeated requests from agents who have been assigned to protect Trump over the past two years.

Rowe and former USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned in the wake of the July 13 assassination attempt of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, were both involved in the decisions to deny requests for more agents, magnetometers, and other resources needed to screen people attending Trump’s large outdoor rallies, according to Crabtree’s reporting. 

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