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The Department of Homeland Security\u2019s inspector general has released a new report detailing significant security and communication failures surrounding the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year. The findings paint a troubling picture of missed warnings and breakdowns that left the president\u2019s protective team unaware of an armed threat until shots were fired.\n<\/p>\n
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From the New York Post:\n<\/p>\n
The report concluded Secret Service \u201cmissed multiple opportunities to detect, prevent, and disrupt\u201d deranged gunman Thomas Crooks\u2019 attempted assassination of Trump, including shocking communications failures that resulted in the president\u2019s protective detail never being warned that an armed man had climbed onto the American Glass Research International (AGR) complex\u2019s roof just 155 yards from the stage.\n<\/p>\n
At 6:09 p.m., local law enforcement called the Secret Service and Pennsylvania State Police communications room \u201cwarning them of a suspicious person on the AGR complex\u2019s roof,\u201d according to the damning DHS report.\n<\/p>\n
However, the Secret Service communications room supervisor and the agency\u2019s counter drone operator \u201cdid not ask for the AGR complex\u2019s location \u2026. did not immediately identify it as a risk\u201d and the supervisor did not even \u201crecall learning that the suspicious person was on the roof\u201d because he had \u201cdelegated communications about the suspicious person to the counter drone operator because it was a \u2018busy time\u2019 on Secret Service radios and the counter drone operator was sitting near him and offered to help,\u201d the 64-page report continued.\n<\/p>\n
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The inspector general\u2019s report revealed that instead of immediately asking local law enforcement where the AGR complex was located, the Secret Service counter drone operator searched for it online and was still doing so when Thomas Crooks opened fire at approximately 6:11 p.m. The gunman fired eight shots, grazing President Trump\u2019s ear, killing firefighter Corey Comperatore, and seriously wounding two other rally attendees before being fatally shot by law enforcement.\n<\/p>\n
Investigators also found that communication failures extended well beyond those final two minutes. Local officers had identified Crooks as suspicious as early as 5:42 p.m. after observing him near the AGR building with a rangefinder. Yet because the Secret Service failed to establish a joint communications room with state and local agencies, the agency missed 102 radio transmissions regarding Crooks\u2019 movements. As a result, President Trump\u2019s protective detail was never informed that an armed suspect had climbed onto a nearby rooftop.\n<\/p>\n
The report identified another decision that may have contributed to the vulnerability. According to investigators, Secret Service personnel proposed placing large trucks between the AGR building and the rally stage to block the line of sight from the rooftop. Trump\u2019s campaign staff reportedly rejected that plan because it would interfere with camera angles for the event, though an alternate truck placement was later approved. The inspector general\u2019s findings add to a series of investigations that have criticized the Secret Service\u2019s planning, coordination, and communication surrounding one of the most significant security failures in modern American history.\n<\/p>\n
As Americans continue to learn more about what happened in Butler, the report underscores the importance of accountability and vigilance among those entrusted with protecting our nation\u2019s leaders. The assassination attempt was a sobering reminder that failures in communication and preparation can have life-or-death consequences. Let\u2019s pray that the truth would continue to come to light, that needed reforms would be implemented, and that those serving in positions of public safety would carry out their responsibilities with wisdom, diligence, and integrity.\n<\/p>\n
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(Excerpt from the New York Post. Photo Credit:\u00a0Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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