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Mayorkas taps former Obama and Bush administration officials to investigate Trump assassination attempt

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has released the names of the members who will lead the independent investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The independent investigation, which was ordered by President Joe Biden last week, taps former Homeland Security officials who served under previous administrations, as well as law enforcement officials. […]

Secret Service explanation continues to evolve one week after attempt on Trump

The Secret Service’s explanation for the security failings that allowed a 20-year-old gunman to shoot former President Trump multiple times continues to evolve, with the agency recently acknowledging that it had rejected some of the Trump campaign’s requests for additional security. The revelation, first reported by The Washington Post, that the Secret Service had refused […]

Trump laments security lapses after assassination attempt in new interview

In excerpts from a Fox News interview to be aired Monday, former President Trump lamented security failings at his recent rallies, which were marked by assassination attempts. “How did someone get on that roof and why wasn’t it reported?” the former president said. Said “It’s because people saw him on the roof,” he said in […]

Secret Service honchos denied Trump additional security for 2 years before assassination attempt

Secret Service agents repeatedly refused President Donald Trump’s requests for extra security in the two years before last weekend’s assassination attempt, according to information obtained by The Washington Post. The 78-year-old former president has requested more agents and magnetometers at large public events he attends, as well as extra snipers at outdoor venues, four insiders […]