An independent review board appointed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ruled that the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, is likely to happen again if the Secret Service does not make appropriate reforms. It can happen and it will happen again.”
A four-person bipartisan commission appointed by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas identified the immediate and deeper structural flaws that led to the near-successful assassination attempt of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. discovered many.
“Despite increasing risks and advances in technology, the Secret Service has become bureaucratic, complacent, and static,” the committee said. I wrote.
Among the key failures the panel identified were the Secret Service's failure to secure the AGR building where the impostor shot and killed Trump, its failure to coordinate communications with local police, and its failure to coordinate communications with local police, even though the imposter was discovered. These included failing to notify Trump's security personnel of details about the scammers. 90 minutes before shooting starts.
More broadly, the committee also noted “deep concerns” within the agency that led to these particular failures.
In a 52-page report on the first assassination attempt on former President Trump, an independent review board appointed by Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas concluded that without “fundamental reforms” to the U.S. Secret Service, “a new I believe it can and will happen again.” https://t.co/opavdn65Ae
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The report cites a “corrosive cultural attitude” within Secret Service leadership that emphasizes “doing more with less.” The report also noted a “serious lack of critical thinking by Secret Service personnel” both before and after July 13.
Among the report's numerous recommendations was for the Secret Service to refocus on its “core protection mission.”
secret service, originally formed In 1865, he adopted a “dual mission” to investigate financial crimes, and after William McKinley's assassination in 1902, he also served as a presidential guard.
But now, with new and growing threats growing by the day, government agencies are stretched to their limits and remain overstretched while trying to accomplish both missions, said Michael, a former Secret Service agent. Matranga told The Daily Caller.
“The Secret Service continues to take on more protection missions, so financial fraud crimes remain a secondary option,” Matranga told the Caller. (Related article: Secret Service's 'inexcusable' J6 failure is due to deeper issues, former agent says)
Matranga recommended that the agency shift its focus to its protection mission and leave financial investigations to other federal agencies. A DHS-appointed review was consistent with this assessment.
“The military must ensure that its operations, training, budgeting, personnel, and all other critical organizational inputs are focused on its protection mission,” the report says.
“The Panel expresses extreme skepticism that many of the Service's non-protective (investigative) missions contribute meaningfully to the Service's ability to protect, and that they substantially divert attention from the Service's ability to protect. “We are concerned that this may be the case,” the report said.
The report also recommended new leadership for the agency.
Other recommendations include more efficient communication systems, mandatory overhead surveillance at all outdoor events, and revised policies to clarify chain of command issues.
“We will fully consider the panel's recommendations and take the necessary steps to further the Secret Service's protection mission,” Mayorkas said in a statement. “These actions address not only the security failures that led to the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt, but importantly, the independent review committee has identified the systemic and fundamental problems underlying those failures. It will also correspond to what is described as.
