2 close calls have the Secret Service facing criticism and an uncertain future
3 months ago

2 close calls have the Secret Service facing criticism and an uncertain future

NPR  

2 close calls have the Secret Service facing criticism and an uncertain future toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The U.S. Secret Service is once again embroiled in controversy following a second apparent attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump. The Secret Service is currently helmed by acting Director Ronald Rowe, who stepped into the role after Kimberly Cheatle's resignation in the wake of the attempt on Trump's life in July. Lawmakers slammed Cheatle for the Secret Service's response to that shooting, including failures to communicate with local law enforcement officials before and during Trump's rally in Butler and its lack of a good plan to secure the roof that ultimately gave the gunman a clear line of sight to shoot at Trump. The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General in July launched its own review into the Secret Service's process for securing the Trump rally.

Congress Trump Service House President Secret Service Secret Agency Rowe  future  close  rowe  trump  services  service  uncertain  agency  criticism  president  calls  facing  rally  gunman  secret  shooting

History of this topic

Multiple assassination attempts on Trump’s life signal a new darker trend in US politics and the secret service are worried
2 months, 1 week ago

Multiple assassination attempts on Trump’s life signal a new darker trend in US politics and the secret service are worried

The Independent  

It was September when Donald Trump survived the second assassination attempt of his current presidential campaign. In the aftermath of the first attempt on Trump’s life, Kimberly Cheatle, head of the Secret Service, had to endure a grilling in Congress, and then resigned. Currently, a quarter of Americans agree with the statement “American patriots may have to resort to violence …

Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump
3 months ago

Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance during a July campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot and wounded, according to a report released Friday that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof. Those include an absence of clear guidance from …

Secret Service is back in the spotlight after an apparent attempt on Trump's life
3 months, 1 week ago

Secret Service is back in the spotlight after an apparent attempt on Trump's life

NPR  

Secret Service is back in the spotlight after an apparent attempt on Trump's life The second apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump is raising more questions about the Secret Service. The Senate Homeland Security Committee oversees the agency, and Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin is on that committee overseeing the Secret Service. It's possible to cast this …

Secret Service acknowledges denying some past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
5 months ago

Secret Service acknowledges denying some past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security

LA Times  

Members of the U.S. Secret Service look on at a campaign event for former President Trump on Saturday in Michigan. The Secret Service has acknowledged it denied some requests by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign for increased security at his events in the years before the assassination attempt on him at a recent rally. But the Secret Service acknowledged …

Why is the US Secret Service under scrutiny after Trump assassination bid?
5 months, 1 week ago

Why is the US Secret Service under scrutiny after Trump assassination bid?

Al Jazeera  

The elite government protection service largely in charge of guarding current and former presidents now faces scrutiny and investigations. Questions are mounting about the role of the United States Secret Service in a “massive security breach” at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, during which a shooter tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump. The Secret Service also relies “heavily” …

Secret Service 'absolute security failure' amid Trump assassination
5 months, 1 week ago

Secret Service 'absolute security failure' amid Trump assassination

Daily Mail  

Republicans in Congress have launched an investigation into the 'security failures' that led to a horrific assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. And House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told DailyMail.com in a statement that he plans to hold a hearing with the Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to get to the bottom of the failures. The House Homeland …

The 'lost' Secret Service texts are part of Donald Trump’s rolling coup
2 years, 4 months ago

The 'lost' Secret Service texts are part of Donald Trump’s rolling coup

Raw Story  

On January 6, 2021, armed MAGA supporters swarmed the US Capitol in a bid to stop the electoral count that would transfer the presidency to Joe Biden. The missing Secret Service texts were important historical documents, but they might also corroborate testimony by Trump and Pence aides about what their bosses did, and said, on J6. Curiously, however, the data …

Discover Related