The Special Committee on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump has released its final report, finding that there were “deficiencies in the planning, execution, and leadership” of the U.S. Secret Intelligence Service.
“Today, the Select Committee on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump released the adopted text of its report, the Final Report of Findings and Recommendations,” the press release said. said. “The text of the report, unanimously approved by the Special Committee on December 5th, highlights significant failures in the planning, execution, and leadership of the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners. The book also lists 37 actions related to both the July 13 security failure and comprehensive structural changes that the Secret Service and Congress should consider to strengthen security measures and prevent similar security failures in the future. We are offering possible recommendations.”
of report During the five-month investigation, a special committee official said, “The special committee interviewed witnesses regarding the July 13 assassination attempt and assassination at President-elect Donald Trump's Butler rally in Pennsylvania. “We obtained the evidence, analyzed it, and held a public hearing.” The attack occurred in September while President Trump was golfing at the Trump International Golf Course West Palm Beach.
“The full record of evidence clearly shows a failure in pre-planning by the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners in the days leading up to the July 13 campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, as well as a failure in the execution of the event itself. ” Force said in his report. “The task force’s investigation also identified pre-existing conditions and leadership failures that set the stage for the tragedy.”
The task force noted that while there was no “specific moment or decision that led Thomas Matthew Crooks to come close to assassinating the former president,” there were “various failures in planning, execution, and leadership” on the day of the rally. . He said this before a rally that created an environment that put the “former president” and rally attendees at “grave risk.”
The task force determined that the tragic and shocking events that occurred in Butler, Pennsylvania, were preventable and should never have occurred. But there was no particular moment or decision that led Thomas Matthew Crooks to nearly assassinate the former president. Various failures in planning, execution, and leadership leading up to July 13, 2024, combined with pre-existing conditions that undermined the effectiveness of the human and material assets deployed on that date, resulted in the failure of the former President and all his associates to We have created an environment where employees can work with peace of mind. The campaign event was in serious jeopardy. Conversely, the events that occurred in West Palm Beach, Florida on September 15, 2024 demonstrated how properly implemented safeguards can thwart assassination attempts.
The task force noted that there were “several decisions that, if handled differently, could have prevented Crooks from firing eight shots at the Butler rally,” including “the “These included failure to secure adjacent recognized high-risk areas.” ”
“The failures that led to the tragic events of July 13 were not entirely isolated to the campaign event itself or the day before,” the report continued. “Existing issues in leadership and training created an environment in which the specific failures identified above could occur.” Despite being held at a problematic and high-risk outdoor venue, significant responsibility was given to Secret Service personnel with little experience in pre-planning roles.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) previously claimed that a whistleblower claimed that most of the personnel assigned to President Trump's Butler rally were Department of Homeland Security employees who underwent a “short online training session.” revealed that.
The special committee's report comes months after Trump was struck by a bullet “through the top of his right ear” during the Butler rally when Thomas Matthew Crooks fired from the roof of a nearby building. It was done.
On September 15, Ryan Wesley Routh was hiding in the bushes near the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, where Trump was playing, when he saw the barrel of an AK-style rifle through a fence. He was arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents. Golf that day.
As Breitbart News' Alana Mastrangelo previously reported, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office later revealed that a backpack, an AK-style rifle with a scope, and a GoPro camera were found where Routh was hiding. I made it.
