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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Secret Service decries rightwing blame on female agents over Trump shooting

A Secret Service agent stands by
A Secret Service agent stands by at the Republican national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

The US Secret Service decried as an “insult” rightwing attacks on the performance of female agents during the failed assassination attempt against Donald Trump, and rightwing claims that the presence of such agents and a woman as agency director are the result of diversity policies.

“It is an insult to the women of our agency to imply that they are unqualified based on gender,” Anthony Guglielmi, the Secret Service communications chief, told NBC News.

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