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Secret Service ‘complacency’ led to security breach in Trump shooting – acting director

Donald Trump is surrounded by secret service agents in suits
Donald Trump is surround by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

The US Secret Service had a “complacency” problem and was responsible for multiple security failures that preceded Donald Trump being shot by an attempted assassin during an election rally in Pennsylvania, the acting director of the agency said on Friday.

Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement and a “lack of diligence” hampered the Secret Service’s performance ahead of the July assassination attempt on the former US president, according to a new report that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof.

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