The U.S. Secret Service disputed reports on Sunday that said the agency diverted resources away from protecting former President Donald Trump at his campaign rally to protect first lady Jill Biden, who was also in Pennsylvania at the time.

Jill Biden, who was in Pittsburgh, was not far away from Trump’s rally in Butler County, where a 20-year-old who donated to far-left causes shot the former president in an assassination attempt.

RealClearPolitics White House & National Political Correspondent Susan Crabtree reported on social media that sources told her resources were diverted away from Trump to protect the first lady.

“This is the problem that my Secret Sources have cited: Secret Services resources were diverted to Jill Biden’s event and away from Trump’s because they followed agency protocol applying to Trump as a former president, according to two sources within the Secret Service community,” she wrote. “There were also many supplemental agents from different field officers (not Trump’s regular detail) providing security at the rally because Trump’s regular detail has been overworked (some working 7 days straight), and only two counter-snipers.”

Anthony Guglielmi, Chief of Communications for the Secret Service, responded to Crabtree’s post, which garnered millions of views on X, by saying that it was false.

“Susan, this is very wrong,” he claimed. “We did not divert resources from FPOTUS Trump & protection models don’t work that way. As far as ‘field office teams’ these are the candidate nominee operations teams that are added during election years for the heavy travel tempo.”

Susan, this is very wrong. We did not divert resources from FPOTUS Trump & protection models don’t work that way. As far as “field office teams” these are the candidate nominee operations teams that are added during election years for the heavy travel tempo. https://t.co/ulf45qLAsO

— Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox) July 15, 2024

Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino told Fox News on Sunday night that his sources indicated to him that there were fewer Secret Service agents at the event than are normally present.

“I’m getting from a number of sources that people are feeding to me their information — obviously because they want to fix it, they’re concerned that I think you’re going to see a lot of whistleblowers — I’m hearing that were very few, I don’t want to give an exact number, but very few actual Secret Service [agents] at that site,” he said.

He added that some security personnel at Saturday’s rally were temporary officials from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) who are not trained to carry out the same role as Secret Service agents.

“I’m also hearing that the counter sniper had a problem seeing over the elevation that’s why didn’t engage right away,” he said. “But that’s not the problem. The problem is, where the hell was the aerial visual support? Why was there no helicopter? Why was there no drone? Why was there no FLIR? Why was there no thermal? Forward looking infrared? How the hell is the crowd acting as the frickin counter surveillance?”

Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino on what his sources are telling him:

“I”m hearing there were very few, I don’t want to give an exact number, but very few actual Secret Service [agents] at that site”, adding that many of the agents were from Homeland Security and were not… pic.twitter.com/msYRuhBEqg

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 15, 2024

Less than 24 hours after a failed assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump — which left one bystander dead and three others, including Trump, injured — The Atlantic’s David Frum blamed the violence on the former president and his supporters.

“The Gunman and the Would-Be Dictator,” blared the headline, and on the off-chance anyone missed the intended tone of the piece, a subhead followed: “Violence stalks the president who has rejoiced in violence to others.”

Frum’s premise was that Trump was a fascist and because “fascism feasts on violence,” the former president was simply getting a taste of that which he had fostered.

Addressing the attack on Trump, which took place on Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, as “a horror and an outrage,” Frum went on to invoke history to quickly forget the name of the man who would commit such a despicable act. But first he blamed the victim, writing,”Now the bloodshed that Trump has done so much to incite against others has touched him as well.”

“Trump and his supporters envision a new place for violence as their defining political message in the 2024 election,” the political commentator continued, returning to his original premise. “Fascist movements are secular religions. Like all religions, they offer martyrs as their proof of truth. The Mussolini movement in Italy built imposing monuments to its fallen comrades. The Trump movement now improves on that: The leader himself will be the martyr in chief, his own blood the basis for his bid for power and vengeance.”

Frum ventured further in the same vein, ultimately concluding that “the gunman and Trump, at their opposite ends of a bullet’s trajectory, are nonetheless joined together as common enemies of law and democracy.”

Critics were not impressed with Frum’s take — and even less impressed with his timing — as they responded via X.

“David Frum needs help. In every way,” Joe Concha commented.

David Frum needs help. In every way. https://t.co/iwLuEfvth0

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) July 14, 2024

“They are still trying to get Trump killed,” The Blaze’s Auron McIntyre added.

They are still trying to get Trump killed https://t.co/xMZNwsYrp2

— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) July 14, 2024

“Former Bush 43 political appointees with Trump derangement are some of the most pathetic, delusional, and self-righteous people in politics. Blaming Trump and his family for his near assassination? @davidfrum definitely wins the trophy with this one. Truly a douche bag,” Mike Davis posted.

Former Bush 43 political appointees with Trump derangement are some of the most pathetic, delusional, and self-righteous people in politics.

Blaming Trump and his family for his near assassination?@davidfrum definitely wins the trophy with this one.

Truly a douche bag. pic.twitter.com/f8kCb1h6v6

— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) July 14, 2024

The Daily Wire’s Megan Basham added, “You literally just published an essay saying Trump had it coming less than 24 hours after an assassin missed taking Trump’s life by millimeters. People are disgusted by what you wrote in @TheAtlantic because it was disgusting. You are not the victim here. Sit down.”

You literally just published an essay saying Trump had it coming less than 24 hours after an assassin missed taking Trump’s life by millimeters. People are disgusted by what you wrote in @TheAtlantic because it was disgusting. You are not the victim here. Sit down. https://t.co/FfwcOd6p3q

— Megan Basham (@megbasham) July 15, 2024