They were suspended without pay. The Service vows to fix their flaws.
By Catholics for Catholics
The U.S. Secret Service suspended six agents for failures during the assassination attempt of then presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The assassination attempt occurred in Butler, Pennsylvania in July, 2024. According to Newsmax, Trump was shot in the ear, one fan was killed and two others were wounded during the rally. The alleged shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot and killed by law enforcement.
The Daily Wire reported that a Department of Homeland Security review discovered that a series of law enforcement breakdowns produced a situation that left Trump exposed to a would-be assassin, ABC News reported Wednesday night.
“The Secret Service does not perform at the elite levels needed to discharge its critical mission,” the independent report found, according to ABC News. “The Secret Service has become bureaucratic, complacent, and static even though risks have multiplied and technology has evolved.”
Each of the agents was suspended between 10 to 42 days without pay. They ranged from line agent level to supervisory, a source told the news outlet. They were allowed to appeal the penalties, which were handed down in recent months.
“We aren’t going to fire our way out of this,” said U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn, who told CBS News that the suspended members, upon their return to work, were put on restricted duty or given posts with less operational responsibility. “We’re going to focus on the root cause and fix the deficiencies that put us in that situation.”
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