Washington – Secret service suspended six personnel without salary as the agency faced Intensive check After Attempt to murder Butler, against President Trump in Pennsylvania, about a year ago.
Matt Quinn, deputy director of Secret Service, told CBS News that his fine was 10 to 42 days off without salary or profit. The personnel were placed in restricted duties or roles with less operational responsibility on their return.
Quin, who defended the agency’s decision not to dismiss anyone after security failure on July 13, 2024, said, “We are focusing on correcting the root cause of the problem, who defended the decision not to dismiss anyone after the failure of security on 13 July 2024, in which a gunman set fire to a man and a bullet. Gaya and two others were injured, while the alleged gunman, Thomas crockeA secret service was killed by sniper.
Quinn said in an interview on Wednesday, “We are not finding our way in this way.” “We are going to focus on the root cause and fix the shortcomings that put us in that position.”
“Secret service is fully accountable to Butler,” he said. “Butler was an operational failure and we are focusing on ensuring that it never happens again.”
Quinn said that the personnel were disciplined according to the federal compulsory process. Quinn told CBS News that the agency has been focused on addressing the root causes of operating failures played in Butler. To do this, Secret Service introduced a new fleet of military grade drones and mobile command posts, which allows agents to communicate directly on radio with local law enforcement – interoperability that was not present last year.
Attempted murder in Pennsylvania and each other, West Palm Beach, Florida against Mr. Trump, a few weeks later, inspired the resignation of the then-Gupta Service Director Kimberly Chital and triggers several investigations and controversial Congress hearing.
One injury 180 page report In December, a bipartisan house was released by the Task Force that the safety laps due to the first incident “were not isolated for the campaign incident.”
The MPs said that “Preexisting issues in leadership and training created an environment” that could have failures, such as giving important responsibilities to secret service personnel, has no experience in advanced planning roles. The MPs also noted the coordination and lack of plan between the secret service and its law enforcement partners.
The report said, “July 13, 2024 incidents were tragic and stopped, and the litter of related security failures is unacceptable.”
