At This Hour With Dan Thomas
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Report: “Complacency Among Agents”
Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. That's according to a new report that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof. A five-page document by the Secret Service finds fault with both local and federal law enforcement, underscoring the cascading and wide-ranging failings that preceded the July 13 shooting at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally where Trump was shot in the ear. Those include an absence of clear guidance from the Secret Service to local law enforcement, the failure to fix line-of-sight vulnerabilities at the rally grounds that left Trump open to sniper fire and “complacency” among some agents.
In-person voting for the 2024 U.S. presidential election has begun in three states — Virginia, South Dakota and Minnesota. It’s now just over six weeks left before Election Day on Nov. 5. About a dozen more states will follow with early in-person voting by mid-October.
Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. That's according to a new report that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof. A five-page document by the Secret Service finds fault with both local and federal law enforcement, underscoring the cascading and wide-ranging failings that preceded the July 13 shooting at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally where Trump was shot in the ear. Those include an absence of clear guidance from the Secret Service to local law enforcement, the failure to fix line-of-sight vulnerabilities at the rally grounds that left Trump open to sniper fire and “complacency” among some agents.
In-person voting for the 2024 U.S. presidential election has begun in three states — Virginia, South Dakota and Minnesota. It’s now just over six weeks left before Election Day on Nov. 5. About a dozen more states will follow with early in-person voting by mid-October.
