The U.S. Secret Service has acknowledged disciplinary action against six agents, citing operational lapses during the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agency confirmed<\/a> to Fox News that the disciplinary action occurred in February. A Senate report on the near-assassination is scheduled for imminent release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The attack occurred when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from a rooftop roughly 400 feet from the rally stage. One bullet grazed Trump’s ear. Another fatally struck firefighter Corey Comperatore, who had shielded his family. Increasingly erratic gunfire from Crooks wounded two others before Secret Service counter-snipers neutralized him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the wake of the incident, then\u2013Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned, acknowledging it as the agency’s most serious operational failure in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Acknowledging the desire for institutional reform, Deputy Director Matt Quinn stated<\/a>, \u201cWe aren’t going to fire our way out of this.\u201d Among the measures already underway: deploying military-grade drones, upgrading communication systems, and enhancing cooperation with local law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet tensions boiled over in December 2024 during a public hearing held by the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump. Then\u2013Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. and Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) engaged in a heated, nearly unintelligible shouting match over the agency\u2019s preparedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLeadership Fallout and Push for Reform<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Heated Congressional Oversight<\/h3>\n\n\n\n