The Secret Service received a warning about a possible attempt on President Donald Trump’s life 10 days before he was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, but failed to alert the local law enforcement agencies tasked with securing the event, according to a government report released on Saturday.
The Government Accountability Office report, requested by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), highlighted various security lapses made by the Secret Service in the run-up to the attempted assassination of then-candidate Trump on July 13, 2024.
FILE – Then-Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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In that incident, a 20-year-old shooter fired eight shots, with one grazing
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