Without Secret Service reform, ‘another Butler can and will happen’: Report
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US agency has grown ‘complacent and static’, says independent review into the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump.
The United States Secret Service has failed to adapt to growing security risks and needs far-reaching reform, according to an independent review into the July assassination attempt on presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Without such reform, future attacks are imminent, said the report, released Thursday by the Independent Review Panel and written by four former law enforcement officials.
Its findings come three months after former President Trump narrowly escaped being shot in the head at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, by a bullet that grazed his ear.
The near-miss exposed serious security gaps and led to heightened protection measures for Trump’s outdoor campaign rallies.
It also led to widespread criticism of the Secret Service, a federal agency that protects top political leaders and their families. Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned over what she said was a failure.
