by John Solomon at Just the News
ASenate investigation concluded Wednesday that the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania was preventable and the result of sweeping failures by the Secret Service, some of which remain unaddressed.
In a stinging bipartisan rebuke, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee revealed that the Secret Service knew of increased threats against Trump, even sending a sniper for the first time to the July 13 event in Butler, Pa., but its agents on the ground were unaware of the threats and suffered from poor planning, poor communication, and even equipment failures.
“The Committee finds that USSS failures in planning, communications, security, and allocation of resources for the July 13, 2024 Butler rally were foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day,” the committee reported.
“The Committee also finds that siloed communications and coordination problems between federal, state, and local law enforcement officials remain unaddressed and were a contributing factor to the failures at the July 13 Butler rally,” it added.
You can read the full report here:
The report detailed how an inexperienced Secret Service drone operator was on the phone with technical support trying to figure out how to operate a drone detection device as the assassination plot was unfolding.
It also noted that civilians and….
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