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The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform’ after Trump rally shooting

Secret Service personnel protect former president Donald Trump after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July.
Secret Service personnel protect former president Donald Trump after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

An independent investigation into the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump has warned that further such episodes will occur unless the Secret Service undergoes “fundamental reform”.

In a sometimes scathing 51-page report, a panel commissioned by the homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, lambasted the agency for a spate of failings, including a “lack of critical thinking”, and said it had not engaged in sufficient “self-reflection” over the episode.

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