Security and communication lapses between the Secret Service and local law enforcement are to blame for not thwarting the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to a bipartisan interim Senate report released on Sept. 25.
The report was jointly released by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations—as the Secret Service faces continued scrutiny after two assassination attempts against the GOP presidential nominee.
“From planning missteps to the siloed and flawed communication to the lack of effective coordination between law enforcement, to the breakdowns in technology, the Secret Service’s failures that allowed an assassination attempt on former President Trump at his July 13 rally were shocking, unacceptable, and preventable—and they led to tragic consequences,” said Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), in a statement announcing the report’s release….