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The Guardian - US
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Olivia Empson

Secret Service’s ‘cascade of failures’ allowed Trump assassination attempt, report says

agents surround a man in suit with a bloodied face holding up a fist
Donald Trump surrounded by Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July 2024. Photograph: Rebecca Droke/AFP/Getty Images

A new Senate committee report on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year, described the events as a “cascade of preventable failures” and called for more severe disciplinary action to be taken with the Secret Service in the future.

In the 31-page, highly critical findings released on Sunday, the Senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee lamented the mishandling of communications around the rally and said Trump was denied extra security on the day.

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