Was There a Stand-Down?

The claim: Crooks was real, bullets were real, but protection was deliberately degraded.

• FOR: Resource denials are documented. AGR was an obvious problem left open. Warnings existed in time.

• AGAINST: No whistleblower, no named plotter — not even from Trump-aligned congressional probes.

• AGAINST: The same USSS stopped a later Florida attempt — fits 'Butler was badly run,' not 'assassination bureau.'

• GRAY ZONE: Politicized under-resourcing + bureaucratic cowardice can look like a stand-down without a single order