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The United States Secret Service issued suspensions for six personnel for failures in one of Donald Trump’s demonstrations last year, during which an armed man tried to kill the Republican, an official confirmed.
The meeting in Butler, Pennsylvania, when Matthew Crooks shot Trump and killed another assistant, was an “operational failure,” according to a secret service report published Thursday, days before marking a year from the incident.
One of Crooks’s bullets grazed Trump’s ear, who was later taken to a safe place. The attacker was shot dead.
It is not clear when the suspensions of the personnel were formally issued, and the reports of the US media differ in whether or not they have already received.
The staff received sanctions that vary from 10 to 42 days of license without pay or benefits, said the agency.
“The Secret Service is totally responsible for Butler,” said Matt Quinn, deputy director of the Service, to the US BBC partner, CBS News. “Butler was an operational failure and today we are focused on ensuring that it never happens again.”
Quinn, who was designated for his role in May of this year, added that he was “focused on the laser to fix the root cause of the problem”, but the organization would not “get out of this.”
He told CBS that a series of improvements had already been made, involving military grade drones and better mobile command stalls that could now be used by agents in the field.
The identities of the suspended staff and their roles have not been revealed on the day of the attack.
Among the reforms, the Secret Service said that it has implemented are “clear lines” of responsibility, a better exchange of information with the partners of application of the local law and the creation of a division of Aviation and Air Space Security that is “dedicated to maintaining the critical abilities of air monitoring of the agency.”
In extracts from a Fox News interview that will be broadcast on Saturday, Trump said the United States Secret Service “had a bad day” in Butler, but is “satisfied” with the research on the shooting.
“There were mistakes made. And that shouldn’t have happened,” Trump said in the interview.
The news occurs a few days before the anniversary of the attack of July 13, 2024. Rally Corey Comperator Assistant was killed and two other injured people.
The incident caused the resignation of the then director of the service, Kimberly Chefle.
The Secret Service has been under intense scrutiny during the last 12 months, and has faced strong criticism of the United States Congress.
Last September, a 94 -page Senate report found that security failures and lack of communication within the United States Secret Service “contributed directly to the incident, and that many problems remained without addressing two months later.
The attack was also described as preventable in another report, published in December, by a working group of the House of Representatives. That document identified the main period as a fault to ensure the roof from which the criminals opened fire.
Trump, who was successfully re -elected in November, received greater security after the attack, ensuring that he received protection at a level above what is typical for a presidential candidate.
In September, he was again transferred to a safe place for agents of the Secret Service after a second armed man lurked in bushes in the Trump golf course in Florida. The FBI also described this, as an apparent attempt to murder.
The suspect in that second incident was arrested.
