Six U.S. Secret Service agents have been suspended following a scathing review of security lapses during the July assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, ABC News reported.
A Department of Homeland Security-commissioned report blamed systemic failures. “The Secret Service has become bureaucratic, complacent, and static,” it found, citing an inability to adapt to evolving threats.
🚨BREAKING: Six Secret Service agents suspended over the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, PA
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The Secret Service was defeated by a sloped roof and a pimple faced boy!
Why did this take a whole year? pic.twitter.com/0dLyWOMd9n
Agents were suspended for 10 to 42 days and reassigned to limited duties, Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn told CBS News. “We aren't going to fire our way out of this,” he said, adding that military-grade drones and mobile command units are now deployed.
Trump was wounded in the ear, one supporter died, and two others were injured during the rally. The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed on-site.
The agency's leadership also changed, with Sean Curran sworn in as director in March, replacing Ronald Rowe Jr. after Kimberly Cheatle resigned.
