US EditionOne year after Trump assassination attempt, changes at Secret Service but questions remain
BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 13 – The Secret Service adopted over 40 new security recommendations including drones and mobile command posts to address failures that allowed the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt.
- On July 13, 2024, 20-year-old Michael Thomas Crooks fired eight shots from a nearby rooftop at a Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
- Crooks' motivations remain unclear as investigators found no clear ideological posts online and believe he acted alone, while security failures allowed him rooftop access.
- The attack killed firefighter Corey Comperatore, wounded two rally attendees, grazed Trump's ear, and led to six Secret Service agents being suspended for security lapses.
- Secret Service Director Sean Curran said since his Trump appointment, the agency implemented 21 of 46 congressional recommendations to prevent a repeat of July 13.
- On the anniversary, Rep. Michael Rulli introduced a resolution to designate July 13 as Faith and Defiance Day, honoring victims and condemning political violence in all forms.
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One year later, the U.S. Senate report showed, inter alia, a lack of coordination between local law enforcement agencies and U.S. secret services.
On the first anniversary of the assassination attempt, a Senate committee revealed a "inexcusable" Secret Service ruling report
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, a bipartisan congressional commission, has held the Secret Service responsible for gross negligence that enabled the attempted assassination of then-White House hopeful and now President Donald Trump.
Evening Brief: Former Nigerian Military Ruler Dies, Senate Report on Trump Assassination Attempt
From a botched Secret Service operation that nearly cost Trump his life, to a Sunday shootout in Kentucky, and the passing of Nigeria’s iron-fisted former president Buhari, July 13, 2025, was a day soaked in chaos, bullets, and the bitter sting of history repeating itself. #TrumpAssassinationAttempt #SecretServiceFail #SenateReport #BuhariDies #NigeriaPolitics #KentuckyShooting #FayetteCounty #PublicSafetyCrisis #July132025
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