Fmr. Secret Service Agent to Newsmax: Agents ‘Scared to Do Their Job’

Secret Service agents are “scared to do their job” to a certain extent and that was evident during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, former Secret Service agent Scott Bryson told Newsmax on Thursday.

When asked on “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE” if there was hesitance within the ranks to take the shot to bring down Trump’s would-be assassin, Bryson said, “I would say yes and no.

“The countersniper guys do not work off of a green-light system, and I think they probably were ready to take the shot as soon as they could get it,” he said. “The problem is they have been armchair-quarterbacked for many, many years — agents and uniformed division guys.

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