Senior U.S. Secret Service officials were aware of a “classified threat” to President Donald Trump’s life 10 days before the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pa. — but failed to inform the agents assigned to protect him, according to a bombshell report released Saturday by a federal watchdog.
Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson warned during a Thursday podcast that there is a growing risk of additional assassination attempts against President Donald Trump as Democrats become increasingly desperate.
A would-be assassin’s attempt on President-elect Donald Trump’s life at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally was enabled by “preexisting conditions and leadership failures” within the U.S. Secret Service, a House task force has found.
The report text, unanimously approved by the Task Force on December 5, highlights significant failures in the planning, execution, and leadership of the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners.
Former President Donald Trump was recently forced to cancel a campaign rally in Wisconsin because the federal task force in charge of safety denied him adequate protection resources.
A litany of Secret Service failures, from radio problems to missed chances, contributed to near assassination in Pennsylvania, investigators find
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer led early reviews of Secret Service failures, warns more money won’t solve problems. “They don’t have a money problem. They have a leadership problem,” Comer said.
ABC, CBS, and NBC News all broadcasted overwhelmingly negative commentary on the Republican presidential candidate after Sunday’s thwarted shooting at the Trump International Golf Course in Florida, MRC found.
In a letter to the DHS secretary citing whistleblower allegations, Sen. Hawley calls security at Saturday’s Trump rally a ‘stunning failure.’
Secret Service officials repeatedly denied requests for additional resources made by former President Donald Trump’s detail prior to the July 13 assassination attempt, the Washington Post reported.
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