Secret Service Missed 102 Warnings Before Trump's Shooting, Watchdog Finds
The watchdog said the agency missed 102 radio alerts and failed to detect a drone flight, exposing major communication and security gaps.
- On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General released a report finding the Secret Service missed 102 local radio transmissions about the gunman at the July 13, 2024, rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
- Poor coordination between the Secret Service and local law enforcement hampered the response, as the agency failed to establish a joint communications room to receive urgent warnings about a suspicious person later identified as Thomas Crooks.
- Staffed by a single under-trained operator, the agency's counter-drone system remained inoperable, allowing Crooks to conduct a nearly nine-minute undetected drone flight over the site hours before the shooting.
- Secret Service Director Sean Curran confirmed the agency concurred with the inspector general's recommendations and implemented security reforms, including disciplining six staffers with suspensions ranging from 10 days to six weeks without pay.
- Congressional investigations continue to pressure the agency, which reported July 10, 2025, that it had implemented 21 of 46 recommendations to prevent future security lapses, with 16 more in progress.
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Secret Service Drone Operator Googled Shooter’s Rooftop Location While Bullets Were Flying At Trump
A new Department of Homeland Security inspector general report has laid bare yet another layer of catastrophic failure by the Secret Service during the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. A counter-drone operator was still running Google searches for the location of the rooftop gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire. The findings, released this week, confirm the agency missed multiple opportunities …
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DHS Watchdog Details Secret Service Breakdowns Before Trump Rally Shooting In Butler
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Secret Service Missed 102 Warnings Before Trump Shooting
The Secret Service missed 102 radio transmissions warning that a gunman had climbed onto a nearby rooftop with a rifle, and never told the agents guarding Donald Trump to delay his speech or pull him off the stage. That is the central finding of a 64-page Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report released Thursday, laying out in methodical detail how a cascade of communication failures, equipment malfunctions, and uncorrected secu…
Secret Service missed more than 100 radio calls before Trump assassination attempt in Butler, watchdog report says
U.S. Secret Service agents missed more than 100 radio calls from local law enforcement officers in the lead-up to the assassination attempt of then-presidential...
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