The U.S. Secret Service suspended multiple agents after former President Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in July.
5 Secret Service agents were placed on paid suspension amid an ongoing investigation into the shooting.
The suspended agents include one from Trump’s personal security team and four from the Pittsburgh field office, including the head agent in charge that day.
RealClearPolitics was first to report the disciplinary action on Thursday.
Trump’s ear was grazed by a bullet as he spoke to supporters at an outdoor rally on July 13. The 20-year-old shooter was able to get off 8 shots with a high-powered rifle before he was killed by a sniper.
One rally attendee died and two others were injured in the shooting.
The 5 agents had been reassigned to administrative desk duties immediately after the shooting, CNN reported.
“The U.S. Secret Service is committed to investigating the decisions and actions of personnel related to the event in Butler, Pennsylvania and the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump,” said Anthony Guglielmi, U.S. Secret Service chief of communications, in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “The U.S. Secret Service’s mission assurance review is progressing, and we are examining the processes, procedures and factors that led to this operational failure.”
On Aug, 21, Trump held his first outdoor rally since the shooting. He was surrounded by bulletproof glass at the rally.
The Washington Examiner reported the former president stepped from behind the glass to help an elderly attendee who passed out from the heat.
Trump shook the woman’s hand and gave her a hug as he called for a doctor to check on her. Trump noted that many of his supporters waited for days in the sweltering heat to attend his rally.
Wonderful man doing wonderful things! Trump hugs lady that passed out! In North Carolina Today. pic.twitter.com/GcWrbwNwfP
— Johnny Midnight ?? (@its_The_Dr) August 21, 2024
