A bipartisan Senate committee report released Wednesday found numerous Secret Service failures related to the July 13 near assassination of former President Donald Trump and recommended ways to help prevent another incident.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, in its ongoing investigation into the shooting at a Pennsylvania rally, said the agency fell short in coordination with local law enforcement and drone operation that would have helped ensure the area was safe.
And the Secret Service failed to secure the rooftop from which the shooter fired at Trump and did not react to the suspicious person spotted at the rally, the report states.
“The Committee finds that USSS failures in planning, communications, security, and allocation of resources for the July 13, 2024 Butler rally were foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day,” the report states.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told reporters the findings of the investigation determined “a perfect storm of stunning failure” was a result of accumulation of errors by the Secret Service on that day. […]
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