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6 Secret Service Agents Suspended over Conduct

Six agents were suspended by the U.S. Secret Service for failures connected to last year's attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, an official told ABC News.

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One year after Butler assassination attempt, Secret Service bolsters security with drones, mobile command posts cbsn.ws/4nIRILZ

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-- CBS News (@cbsnews.com) Jul 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM

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... The personnel moves were confirmed four days shy of the anniversary of the July 13, 2024, shooting incident that left Trump's ear bloodied.

Corey Comperatore, a firefighter attending Trump's campaign rally that day, died in the attack.

Countersnipers in Trump's Secret Service who were on-site killed the shooter, identified by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.

In the aftermath of the shooting, an independent review by the Department of Homeland Security showed a series of law enforcement breakdowns had created an environment that left Trump vulnerable to a would-be assassin.

"The Secret Service does not perform at the elite levels needed to discharge its critical mission," the report found. "The Secret Service has become bureaucratic, complacent, and static even though risks have multiplied and technology has evolved."

The Secret Service director at the time, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned 10 days after the shooting. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-10 01:30 AM

It would prolly help if they something other than a piece of human garbage to protect. Just sayin'.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-10 12:29 PM

Attempted = staged.

#3 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-07-10 03:57 PM

It would be useful to look into the bank accounts of these Secret Service, especially those accounts overseas.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-10 06:13 PM

Guess they didn't follow the script.

#5 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-07-11 08:44 AM

Government workers are rarely fired. To fire them would upset the apple cart and bring forth whistle blowers pointing the finger at higher ups and politicians. Best to promote them and keep them happy than fire them and cause consternation and charges of incompetence against elites. This is why no one on 9-11 was ever fired by Bush or later by others. Pathetic leadership is rewarded.

#6 | Posted by Robson at 2025-07-14 09:38 AM

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