Trump shooting: US gov’t watchdog probing Secret Service security plan
Al Jazeera
Homeland Security inspector general probe comes as questions over security swirl after Trump assassination attempt.
An independent, government-appointed watchdog in the United States has opened an investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of security for Donald Trump on the day the former US president was shot during a Pennsylvania rally.
In a brief notice on the US Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general office’s website, the agency said the probe aims to “evaluate the [Secret Service’s] process for securing” Trump’s July 13 campaign event.
The notice, which was on a list of “ongoing projects” that the inspector general’s office is looking into, did not say exactly when the investigation was launched.
The move comes as Saturday’s attempted assassination against Trump, the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee, continues to roil the country as it prepares for presidential elections in November.
Trump was shot in the ear by a gunman that witnesses say had taken up a position on a rooftop with a direct line of sight of the rally stage, raising questions about what security measures were put in place before the event.
