WASHINGTON — Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the Trump assassination attempts emphasized during their first hearing Thursday that the Secret Service, not local authorities, was responsible for the failures in planning and communications that led to a gunman being able to open fire on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. “The communication between the Secret Service and …
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 …
Former President Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., in July. Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance during a July campaign rally where former President Trump was shot and wounded, according to a document released Friday that lays out a litany …
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