Tag: failures
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House task force details security failures before first Trump assassination attempt
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service did not properly plan and coordinate with local law enforcement ahead of former President Donald Trump’s July 13 campaign rally, where he was shot at in an assassination attempt, a new report says. The interim report by the House task force investigating the attempt on his life that day says…
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Acting Secret Service director responds to critical new report about security failures
The acting director of the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday he was concerned about the morale of his overworked agents, as he addressed an independent review that called for “fundamental reform” within the agency to prevent assassination attempts like the one in July that injured former President Donald Trump. In an exclusive interview with NBC…
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Independent review finds systemic Secret Service failures enabled first Trump assassination attempt
An independent, bipartisan review identified “numerous mistakes” by the U.S. Secret Service and “specific failures and breakdowns” that enabled the assassination attempt that injured former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. The panel, made up of four former senior law enforcement and government officials, also warned of another catastrophic security lapse if the Secret Service does…
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Independent review finds systemic Secret Service failures enabled first Trump assassination attempt
An independent, bipartisan review identified “numerous mistakes” by the U.S. Secret Service and “specific failures and breakdowns” that enabled the assassination attempt that injured former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. The panel, made up of four former senior law enforcement and government officials, also warned of another catastrophic security lapse if the Secret Service does…