According to a text message provided in the Grassley Oversight Summary, the original location was the Butler Fairgrounds. A team leader of the Beaver ESU sends out an info to the group chat at Mon Jul 8 3:39pm, 5 days prior to the event.
here is the full but redacted conversation Beaver ESU Request to Cover _Redacted (senate.gov)
From this chat it’s not clear, when they were informed about the switch to the Butler Farm Show. Distance between the two locations is 6,3 miles or an 11min drive.
In a second text message provided in the Grassley Oversight Summary, sent Wed Jul 10 at 1:38pm, it just says about driving to the rally point in Butler and meeting at the Meridian FD at 121 Sparks Avenue. It’s not specifiyed wich locations is meant by rally point. Since the meeting point is only 1,1 miles away from the Farm Show but 7,1 miles from the Fairgrounds, one could assume they already knew by then the rally will be at the Farm Show.
A message in the same group chat sent Fri Jul 12 at 6:55pm informed that the reporting location has changed from Meridien FD to the FOP area on the Farm Show property.
here is the full but redacted conversation Beaver ESU Officer Assignments Group Text_Redacted (senate.gov)
FOP area as in the DJT Detail by Butler ESU
