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Secret Service Inquiry: Agency Just Isn't Smart Enough

Scathing bipartisan report faults 'critical thinking,' calls for outside leadership

(Newser) - An independent panel has finished its assessment of the Secret Service after the July assassination attempt on former President Trump, and it's as scathing as expected .
  • Overview: The "Secret Service as an agency requires fundamental reform to carry out its mission," says the 52-page report, per the
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Secret Service Is Hemorrhaging Its Workers

NYT describes an 'exodus' fueled by poor decision-making, overwork

(Newser) - Nearly 1 in 5 Secret Service staffers left the agency in 2022 and 2023, leaving it "unprepared" for a year in which a former president would face two assassination attempts, the New York Times reports, noting "even agents willing to take a bullet for the president were often...

Secret Service Investigates Serious Misconduct Allegation

RealClearPolitics reports that a Harris campaign aide allegedly was sexually assaulted

(Newser) - The Secret Service says one of its agents has been placed on administrative leave while a "misconduct allegation" is investigated. According to RealClearPolitics , the agent is accused of sexually assaulting a Kamala Harris campaign aide in Wisconsin at some point in the last week. RCP, citing "four sources...

People Will Be 'Appalled' by Report on Secret Service

Bipartisan committee describes multiple 'foreseeable and preventable' failures

(Newser) - The attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania followed serious missteps by the Secret Service—problems that "remain unaddressed," according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the bipartisan Senate Homeland Security Committee and its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. "The American people are...

Before Trump Shooting, a Communication Failure

Secret Service says breakdowns between agents, local law enforcement weakened security at July event

(Newser) - Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on Donald Trump, according to a new internal report. A five-page document summarizing the Secret Service report's key conclusions finds fault with both local and federal law enforcement, underscoring the cascading...

Musk's Deleted Tweet Catches Attention of Secret Service

He made what he called a joke about the lack of assassination attempts on Democrats

(Newser) - Elon Musk says it was merely a joke that didn't land , but a tweet he deleted has nonetheless caught the attention of the Secret Service, reports Reuters . In the wake of the apparent attempted assassination attempt on Donald Trump Sunday, Musk wrote, "And no one is even trying...

Multiple Secret Service Agents Placed on Leave

It's part of the fallout from the investigation into the Trump assassination attempt

(Newser) - The Secret Service has placed multiple agents on leave as it investigates the assassination attempt on Donald Trump last month in Butler, Pennsylvania, reports CBS News . Those placed on leave include the head of the agency's Pittsburgh field office, which was responsible for planning and coordinating security, per NBC...

Outdoor Trump Rallies Will Have Bulletproof Glass

Other measures not usually provided candidates will be implemented

(Newser) - The Secret Service has upgraded its protection plan for Donald Trump's outdoor rallies beyond the level normally afforded presidential candidates. Bulletproof glass, previously used at times for presidents and vice presidents, will shield Trump onstage, a Secret Service official told the Washington Post . The Secret Service usually prefers indoor...

Acting Secret Service Director 'Ashamed' by What He Saw

Ronald Rowe is grilled by 2 Senate committees on attempted assassination

(Newser) - The acting director of the Secret Service said Tuesday he "cannot defend" why the roof used by the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Trump was not secured. Ronald Rowe, testifying before two Senate committees, said he recently traveled to the Pennsylvania shooting site and "What...

Text Messages Alter Timeline of Trump Shooting

Local SWAT snipers spotted Thomas Matthew Crooks almost 2 hours prior

(Newser) - Gunshots were fired at former President Trump at 6:11pm on July 13, and testimony before Congress has indicated law enforcement initially became aware of the shooter's presence about an hour before that. The timeline has now been pushed earlier. Text messages show a member of a local SWAT...

Trump Speaks Out After Cheatle Resignation

'She never gave me proper protection, so I had to take a bullet for democracy'

(Newser) - Donald Trump, who was injured in what Secret Service Director Kimberley Cheatle said was the agency's "most significant operational failure" in decades, is not sad to see her go. After Cheatle announced her resignation on Tuesday, Trump told Fox News that "she never gave me proper protection,...

Secret Service Director Quits Amid Furor in Trump Shooting

Kimberly Cheatle steps down a day after being berated by lawmakers over the security lapse

(Newser) - The director of the Secret Service is stepping down from her job, according to an email she sent to staff, following the assassination attempt against former President Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission. Kimberly...

Cheatle May Face Impeachment Vote Within Hours

Rep. Nancy Mace's privileged motion accuses Secret Service director of dereliction of duty

(Newser) - GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, who accused Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle of being "full of s---" during her testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, later filed a motion of impeachment. Cheatle "has been derelict in her duty to well and faithfully discharge the duties of the...

'Bafflement and Outrage' After Cheatle Testifies

Lawmakers from both parties urge Secret Service director to quit after House hearing

(Newser) - After Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testified before the House Oversight Committee for more than four hours on Monday, committee members from both parties called for her to resign. The New York Times reports that Cheatle failed to answer basic questions about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, declining to...

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Secret Service Chief: 'On July 13 We Failed'

Kimberly Cheatle is on the hot seat Monday on Capitol Hill over the Trump rally shooting

(Newser) - Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has assembled an independent panel to review the assassination attempt on former President Trump, with one of Mayorkas' predecessors, Janet Napolitano, set to sit on that panel. "We are committed to getting to the bottom of what happened on July 13," Mayorkas says,...

Secret Service Rejected Trump Security Requests

Agency acknowledges it made such decisions over the last two years, after initial denials

(Newser) - A new narrative has emerged in the wake of Donald Trump's shooting: The Secret Service turned down repeated requests for more personnel and resources from Trump's camp over the last two years. After the New York Times and the Washington Post reported on the rejected requests, the agency—...

Law Enforcement Repeatedly Lost Track of Trump Shooter

His whereabouts were apparently unknown when Trump took the stage

(Newser) - Law enforcement repeatedly lost sight of former President Trump's would-be assassin after he raised red flags at Saturday's rally in Pennsylvania, according to new reporting. Thomas Matthew Crooks first drew suspicion around 3pm at the security screening area when he passed through magnetometers with a rangefinder, used to...

At RNC, Senators Confront Secret Service Chief

They followed Kimberley Cheatle out of luxury suite

(Newser) - Secret Service Director Kimberley Cheatle was confronted at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night by Republican senators demanding answers about the attempt to assassinate Donald Trump. The senators confronted Cheatle in a luxury suite at Fiserv Arena and followed her, shouting questions, when she left after around two minutes, the...

Johnson Says Secret Service Director Should Step Down

'Obviously, there were security lapses,' speaker says

(Newser) - House Speaker Mike Johnson has added his voice to those calling for Secret Service Director Kimberley Cheatle to step down after Donald Trump became the first president or former president to be injured in an assassination attempt in more than 40 years, NBC News reports. "I'm going to...

Cops Flagged Trump Shooter an Hour Before He Fired

Local police describe 'extremely poor planning' at rally in Butler

(Newser) - The police response to a suspicious person who ultimately tried to assassinate former President Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday is coming into focus. According to WPXI , Thomas Crooks was seen by police in the vicinity of the American Glass Research complex, outside the security perimeter for Trump's rally in...

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