US EditionSecret Service denied multiple requests to bolster Trump's security detail during his 2024 campaign, report find
BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 14 – Senate and GAO reports detail multiple failures by the Secret Service, including denied resource requests and poor communication, with six agents suspended but no firings reported.
- A 20-year-old gunman named Thomas Crooks opened fire on Donald Trump during a July 13, 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing Trump's ear and killing one rallygoer while wounding two others.
- The assassination attempt occurred after numerous appeals over several months by security personnel assigned to Trump’s protection to strengthen his security measures, including the addition of counter-snipers, were either rejected or left unfulfilled prior to the rally.
- A Senate report and an independent panel blamed the Secret Service's failures on poor communications, lack of unified command, inexperienced agents, and failure to secure a nearby building with clear sight lines.
- The report stated that security personnel operated under the assumption of doing 'more with less,' criticized the agency's culture, and recommended new leadership, improved training, and greater risk-based planning to prevent future incidents.
- In the wake of the report, six Secret Service agents were placed on unpaid leave, Director Kimberly Cheatle stepped down, and incoming Director Sean Curran committed to instituting reforms, while the panel cautioned that without significant changes, a similar Butler incident could occur again.
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On Anniversary of Assassination Attempt, a Damning Report
Sunday marked one year since the attempt on President Trump's life at a campaign rally for the then-candidate in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a Senate committee marked the occasion by releasing a report on the shooting, which left one rallygoer as well as the shooter dead. The Senate Homeland Security and...
'Disturbing' failures let would-be Trump shooter evade Secret Service
Communication breakdowns, obscured sniper views and inexperienced Secret Service agents are blamed as a Homeland Security committee hands down its final report on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump one year ago.
A US Senate committee has found that "staggering failures" by the Secret Service (USSS) enabled the assassination attempt on Donald Trump during the US presidential election campaign a year ago.
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