New GAO report exposes Secret Service failures at Trump rally in Butler

A new report by the Federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) designed the security failures of the US secret service during the first attempt by the then presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

The report ordered by the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chak Grassley, R-Ayova suggests that the Secret Service obtained classified intelligence information about the danger for Trump’s life 10 days before the rally, but failed to share information with other major agencies. It also identified a series of procedural and planning mistakes, including “misunderstandings of resources, lack of training and lack of comprehensive communication failures”, causing near murder.

“A year ago, a series of bad decisions and bureaucracy disabled led one of the most shocking moments in political history,” Grassley said. “On July 13, the failure of the Secret Service was the culmination of the years of mismanagement and the Biden administration came after denying requests for the increased security to protect President Trump. The Americans should be thankful that President Trump survived that day and eventually joined to restore general knowledge in our country.

Trump, whose campaign had requested the increased security, but was denied by the Biden administration, addressing the crowd and grazed in the right ear. The secret service agents made him a herd, but he was famously moved towards his feet because he was being provoked for safety, he raised his fist in the air and inspired the frightened audience to “fight, fight, fight”. One person in the crowd, the Corey Complete, was killed while protecting his family, while two others were injured. A 20 -year -old local person, Thomas miscreants, were killed by counter snipers, as he was bent on the roof of a nearby building.

Trump told his daughter -in -law, Lara Trump on Fox News, “Mistakes made, and it should not have happened.”

‘Full bare minimum’: Call for more action after secret service agents suspended for safety failure

Sing is the primary auditor of the US government. Its almost a year -long investigation is the longest review of attempt to kill till date. Major findings include:

• Ten days before the incident, high-level secret service officers were informed on a classified threat to Trump. “Once those officers reviewed the intelligence, they could request that the personnel be informed on the specific information within their series.” Officials failed to share this information, planning federal and local law enforcement institutions and Planning for the active threat including Donald Trump Protective Division members. Local law enforcement officials told GAO that he would have requested additional assets for the Butler rally, did he know.
• Secret service agent who was “responsible for identity[ying] The weaknesses of the site, “were new to his role. Butler was planning for the first time and securing a large outdoor event as the site agent. ,
• At the time of the Butler event, the Secret Service lacked a formal policy to communicate the requests of a security staff for changes in security schemes. An employee of the Trump Abhiyan asked the Secret Service Advanced Team, who was unaware of the active threat to Trump, not to use large farm equipment to address line-off-the-vision concerns near one of the buildings so that the campaign press photographs are not intervened. The advance team complied with a decision that may have given the miscreants a clear shot on the stage from their roof.
• Secret Service officials increased the Donald Trump Protective Division for extended counters in the Butler event for unmanned aerial surveillance (CUAS) devices, as “these resources were already allocated for the Republican and Democratic National Conforts.” Fortunately, senior authorities with the knowledge of danger against Trump stepped into a decision to approve counter sniper assets for the rally, a decision that was described as “inconsistent” with agency practices to take resource decisions. “This final-minute decision absent, Trump would probably not have received counter sniper assets that were eventually taken out. [Crooks]”Gao wrote.

According to Sean Curan, director of Secret Service, the agency has made major reforms in view of near murder.

“The US Secret Service has reviewed the report of the Government Accountability Office and we are committed to implementing all the recommendations and many of them have already made enough progress,” Curren said in a statement. “After the incidents of July 13, the Secret Service took a serious look at our operation and implemented significant reforms to remove the failures that occur that day.

Fox News confirmed Trump’s first attempt before a one -year anniversary that 20 -year -old Thomas Matthew Kruk had suspended six secret service agents without salary after setting fire to Trump during a rally in Western Pennsylvania in the last summer.

The change in secret service has tried to murder Butler after Trump

Supervisors and line-level agents were given suspension of 10 to 42 days without paying in February, the Secret Service confirmed Fox News.

And the news comes in the form of Sen. Ron JohnsonR-Wis., The FBI and the Department of Justice approved a sabpona for more information about the attempt to murder Butler.

Johnson, who presided over the permanent subcommittee on the investigation, was a co-writer of the bipartine Senate Homeland Security Committee report on attempt to murder last year.

At home, attempt to murder task force Released your final report On December 5, 2024, “the secret service and its law enforcement partners’ planning, performing important failures in execution and leadership.”

The report concluded that the shooting was “to be stopped”, which identifies a poor advance plan, lack of coordination with local law enforcement and poor secret service coordination by US secret service. It proposed on July 13 to eliminate 37 “actionable recommendations and structural changes related to safety failures” The secret service should be suited to pursue safety measures.

Both Senate and House Reports followed the testimony of the Congress, including FBI Deputy Director Paul Ebate, FBI Director Christopher Ray and Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, who accepted the “failure” of the agency in Butler.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Chital resigned from the agency in less than a week after trying to kill Trump amid increasing pressure, “taking full responsibility for the security lapse.”

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A day after Butler, the FBI announced its federal inquiry into the shooting, calling it a murder attempt and a possible task of domestic terrorism.

Fox News’ Alexis McAidams and Alex Miller contributed to this report.