A year after the attack against Trump, the Senate asks for more actions against the Secret Service
On the first anniversary of the assassination attempt, a Senate committee revealed a report on inexcusable failures by the Secret Service
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee published a final report on the attack in which it describes “astonishing failures” by the Secret Service that “allowed Trump, then a presidential candidate, to be shot” on July 13, 2024.
The senators questioned why the Secret Service has not fired anyone and that just this week it became known that six agents were suspended for misconduct related to the attack.
“The Committee believes that more than six individuals should have received disciplinary actions as a result of their actions or inactions on July 13, 2024. Those disciplined received punishments too weak compared to the severity of their failures,” the report concluded.
Among the errors, the report cited the Secretary of State’s denial of “multiple requests” to allocate more resources and personnel to protect Trump during the campaign, a lack of communication between the agency and local authorities, and the shooter’s circumvention of event security.
The report concluded that there was a “disturbing pattern of communication failures and negligence that culminated in a preventable tragedy,” and that “what happened was inexcusable and the consequences imposed for the errors so far do not reflect the severity of the situation.”
“It is a miracle that President Trump survived.This attempt on President Trump’s life cost an innocent life and could have resulted in much more bloodshed,” the document stated.
A year ago, the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old, shot Trump with an assault rifle, causing a bullet to graze the Republican leader’s right ear and kill a member of the audience, before authorities shot the perpetrator.
The attack occurred on the eve of the Republican convention that confirmed Trump as the party’s nominee for the November 2024 presidential election, and his photo with his fist raised in victory became an image that exalted his image.
The president told Fox News on the eve of this first anniversary that he is “satisfied” with the investigation after a year of the attack, but insisted that “there were errors” by the security team and that the shooting “should not have happened.”