Secret Service Failures at Trump Rally Shooting Revealed
A Secret Service investigation exposed new security breakdowns leading up to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump that critically injured two and killed one at a Pennsylvania campaign rally in July.
According to senior government officials, who spoke to the Washington Post on the condition of anonymity, the probe noted that agents from Secret Service headquarters and the Pittsburgh field office had a insufficient strategy to block a clear sight of the former president at the July 13 event. The internal investigation also found that agents never instructed local police to secure the roof used by the gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Sources added that, although agents tasked with securing the rally discussed potentially using heavy equipment and flags to block the line of sight between the building used by Crooks and the event stage, supervisors found these measures were not deployed successfully.