Officers Dispute Senator Hawley’s Cop On A Hot Tin Roof Memo

Law enforcement officers from Beaver and Butler counties are calling into question a memo circulated by U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, alleging police abandoned rooftop and other posts on the day former president Donald J. Trump was shot by a would-be assassin.

In a July 22 letter from Hawley to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Director Alejandro Mayorkas, the Republican senator from Missouri effectively alleged that officers were derelict in their duties.

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