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Bipartisan Senate Report Reveals Secret Service Failures in July Rally Assassination Attempt on Trump

Sep 25, 2024, 05:10 PM

A new bipartisan Senate committee report has revealed significant failures by the Secret Service in the lead-up to an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a July rally in Butler. The report highlights multiple issues, including the deployment of rookie agents on critical tasks, lack of accountability, poor coordination with local law enforcement, and critical technology failures. The Senate Homeland Security Committee's investigation concluded that these failures were foreseeable and preventable. The report has prompted calls for comprehensive reforms within the Secret Service to ensure such lapses do not occur in the future.