The Secret Service has taken disciplinary action against six agents following security failures during the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally last year.
The incident occurred on July 13, 2024, when Trump was conducting a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
During the event, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on the then-presidential candidate.
One bullet narrowly missed Trump, grazing his ear during the attack. The shooting resulted in the death of Corey Comperatore, a firefighter who was attending the rally.
Secret Service counter-snipers quickly neutralized the shooter as agents moved to escort Trump to safety. The rapid response by security personnel prevented further casualties.
Following the incident, the Secret Service faced intense scrutiny over security lapses that allowed the attack to occur.
The pressure ultimately led to the resignation of Director Kimberly Cheatle.
Six agents have now been suspended for their actions during the Butler rally. The suspended personnel include both supervisors and line agents.
The suspensions range from 10 to 42 days without pay or benefits. All suspended agents retain the right to appeal their disciplinary actions.
“We are laser focused on fixing the root cause of the problem,” Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn told CBS.
“We aren’t going to fire our way out of this. We’re going to focus on the root cause and fix the deficiencies that put us in that situation.”
Quinn acknowledged the agency’s responsibility for the security failure.
“Secret Service is totally accountable for Butler,” he stated. “Butler was an operational failure and we are focused today on ensuring that it never happens again.”
All agent suspensions were carried out according to federally-mandated procedures, Quinn confirmed.
The Secret Service has implemented new security measures in response to the Butler shooting.
These include deploying a new fleet of military-grade drones for enhanced surveillance capabilities.
New mobile command posts have been established to improve communication between Secret Service agents and local law enforcement.
Radio communication failures were identified as a major issue during the July incident.
Witnesses reported that multiple command stations during the rally created confusion and resulted in a scattered response to the threat.
The communication breakdown hindered coordinated security efforts.
A House of Representatives task force released a damning 180-page report in December concluding that the shooting was “preventable and should not have happened,” per Daily Mail reporting.
The report noted that Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe testified about operational assumptions regarding local law enforcement.
The agency had assumed local authorities would secure the AGR complex, the location from which Crooks fired eight shots.
The task force report included firsthand accounts from a Butler police officer who spotted Crooks and shouted that he had a gun. However, no evidence suggests this warning reached Trump’s Secret Service detail before the shooting began.
The investigation found that federal, state, and local law enforcement “could have engaged Thomas Matthew Crooks at several pivotal moments” as his behavior became increasingly suspicious. Multiple opportunities to intervene were missed.
A separate Senate inquiry revealed that no single person was designated to oversee planning and security decisions for the campaign rally.
An internal Secret Service investigation found that complacency had developed among some agents responsible for securing the presidential candidate.
Nearly one year after the incident, questions about the shooting persist.
Trump has teased the release of an FBI report covering both the Butler shooting and a second assassination attempt at his Florida golf course.
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