Scathing Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally and communication breakdowns
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Details from a Secret Service investigation show communication breakdowns in the moments before former president Donald Trump was shot during a rally in Bulter, Pennsylvania. In Butler, the Secret Service radio room had no way to get real-time alerts from local police surveillance of the crowd or outer perimeter, according to the Post. Finally, Secret Service agents never heard local police radios about trying to track down the man after Trump began speaking. Officials with the Secret Service have already made improvements in the shooting’s wake including housing its agents and local police in the same command center for appearances by presidential candidates.
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