I’ve been listening to Eric Trump’s new book “Under Siege” lately.
I just listened to the chapter on the Butler shooting. Since I’ve got the audible version, I’m going to paraphrase in parts here. The longer quotes are quotes from the book.
He uses the subheading “Everything hidden will be revealed” (which is from the Bible - from the Gospel of Luke, and is a saying of Jesus).
President Trump publicly claims he’s satisfied with the investigation,
with the explanation “fully aware of the complex web of implications involved, including most likely national security concerns.”
He (Eric Trump) disagrees and is dissatisfied.
He says the “8th floor” of the Secret Service is as politicized as any other federal agency. He personally asked for more security for his father’s detail and was turned down repeatedly.
He defends 4 of the 6 Secret Service members who surrounded President Trump at Butler. He said the female agent (he called her the lone female agent (!) ) who was in the iconic photo is a great, dedicated agent and can “outshoot” many other agents. He praised Sean Curran highly, said he is extremely loyal, and also praised the “two agents on his rear flank”, presumably Piant and Menster, although not as highly. Nick Menster is now the head of Eric Trump’s detail, of course.
He didn’t say anything about Meredith Bank or the blonde male agent that didn’t cover Mr. Trump for several seconds, instead choosing to draw his weapon and look tough.
He thanks the agent who took the fatal shot on “Crooks”.
I think he’s pulling some punches with the praise for the four agents on the stage and especially for David King.
He calls the failures “beyond negligent”, and “all of it, including the bureaucratic response, is unforgivable”.
Eric Trump said in a recent interview that “they” tried to kill his father. While not specifying who the “they” is, It’s clear he’s talking about powerful people within the Democratic party and/or globalists.