An internal report by the US Secret Service published on Friday concluded that security breaches committed by the elite body responsible for monitoring presidents and leading political figures is the responsible for the attack that former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) suffered last July, during which he suffered an ear injury.
The internal investigation into the incident — one of several ongoing probes into the incident — concluded, among other things, that the agents who were monitoring the former president as he held a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania They did not have the technical capacity to contact the local police.
Nor to detect drones the day of the rally, the report said, which also said the officers had not previously discussed how a group should be protected. warehouse complex which surrounded the place.
On July 13thTrump was shot in the ear while attending a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooter, a 20 year old young man who was later shot dead by secret service agents, shot from a rooftop about 140 meters from the former presidentalthough outside the security perimeter.
The strong criticism that arose after what happened caused the resignation of the director of the secret service, Kimberly Cheatlewho described the attack as “the most significant operational failure of the Secret services for decades.
Scrutiny of the agency has intensified in recent days after Trump was injured last Sunday. a second attempted murder while playing golf in Florida at the hands of a man who for hours hanging around the premises and that he did not fire any shots from the AK-47 rifle equipped with a telescopic sight that he was carrying.
At a press conference today, current acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said that Trump is currently receiving “the highest possible level of protection”, security that is on par with that of President Joe Biden and candidate Kamala Harris.
So last Sunday, on the golf course owned by Trump in West Palm Beach (Florida) “there were elements of against snipers who were present” and “a full counterattack team The officer who spotted the attacker “identified a threat, an individual with a long gun, made quick decisions and acted quickly to mitigate it.”
“The former president was not shot“The former president has not been denounced,” he said, and the arrest is a sign that “the procedures are working” and “a high level of protection is working.”
Sunday’s event brought together several public figures, including President Joe Biden, ask the secret services receive more funds. In just the last few hours, the House of Representatives unanimously approved urgent bipartisan legislation that would increase protection secret service for presidential candidates of both parties, Trump and Kamala Harris, as well as their vice presidential running mates.
The bill is only three pages long, and if it becomes law, Trump and Harris would receive the same level of secret security protection as President Joe Biden, something that Rowe says is already happening. In fact, it’s not clear whether the bill will pass because it has to go through the Senate, a chamber that is seeking to include additional funding for the Secret Service in the interim funding bill that Congress must approve by December 30. September to avoid a government shutdown.
