Secret Service director ripped for ‘unacceptable’ response to Trump assassination attempt: ‘Mind-boggling’
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GOP rep on Secret Service after Trump assassination attempt: 'Huge failure'
Rep. Corey Mills (R-Fla.) on Sunday called Saturday’s assassination attempt on former President Trump a “huge failure” by the U.S. Secret Service. Mills, a former Army sniper, said in an interview on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” that it was “divine guidance” that Trump survived the Pennsylvania shooting, and emphasized the gunman’s close proximity to […]
Why wasn’t the roof secured? Secret Service under fire for security lapse that gave failed assassin a clear shot.
PURE LUCK SAVED TRUMP’S LIFE’: In the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s attempt on the life of Donald Trump, television commentators were praising the quick response of the Secret Service. Agents shielded the former president with their bodies, while snipers “neutralized” the shooter within seconds with a kill shot to the head. “I knew immediately that […]
‘Obviously An Abysmal Failure’: Former Secret Service Agents Break Down Trump Assassination Attempt, Security Response
Former U.S. Secret Service agents Evi Pompoulos and Dan Bongino separately examined potential security lapses that they believe led to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during Saturday’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “This is clearly an egregious failure and no one should be trying to sweep this under the rug,” Dan Bongino, […]
Secret Service Director Faces Calls to Resign After Shooting at Trump Rally
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is facing calls to resign following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday. Sheetal was PepsiCo’s senior director of global security and has served as the current director of the U.S. Secret Service since September 2022. WebsiteDuring his time at PepsiCo, Cheatle was reportedly […]
Secret Service blames local police, says it was tasked with securing properties surrounding Trump’s Pa. rally
The Secret Service blamed local police for failing to secure the rooftop where suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump, arguing it was outside the perimeter federal agencies are tasked with securing. Instead, security and patrol of the AGR International manufacturing site, about 130 yards from the stage where Trump spoke […]
Who is the head of the Secret Service? What to know about Kimberly Cheatle
Hours after a gunman attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump during a rally on Saturday, experts are questioning the Secret Service’s actions and who is in charge. Kimberly Cheatle, the 27th director of the United States Secret Service (USSS), was appointed head of the Secret Service by President Biden in 2022, becoming the second […]
‘No change’ to Secret Service plans for RNC convention after shock Trump shooting
The Secret Service does not plan to make major changes to the Republican National Committee’s convention in Milwaukee this week after presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump was shockingly shot on Saturday. The law enforcement agency, which swiftly safeguarded Trump from the stage where he was shot on Saturday but has since come under scrutiny, […]
How the U.S. Secret Service has changed regarding assassinations, assassination attempts
On the evening of Saturday, July 13, 2024, Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump was shot during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, with a bullet piercing his ear. Secret Service agents surrounded Trump after the assassination attempt and rushed him off the stage at the Butler Farm Show, where he huddled and covered […]
Biden vows Secret Service to provide Trump with ‘every resource’ to ensure ‘continued safety’
President Biden said Sunday that “assassination attempts are antithetical to every ideal we stand for as a nation” after former President Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt at a rally, and vowed to ensure that the US Secret Service provides former President Trump “all the resources, capabilities and safeguards necessary to continue to ensure his […]