She criticized the independent investigation into the attempted assassination of the former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump During an election rally in the state Pennsylvania device Secret Service The American was killed due to poor communications and the failure to secure the building from which the gunman fired.
The report also revealed more systemic problems with the agency, such as a failure to understand the unique risks facing Trump and a culture of doing “more with less.”
The 52-page report, which was released on Thursday, charged the Secret Service with the task of resolving specific problems that led to the assassination attempt at the election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, in addition to a deeper problem within the agency’s culture.
He recommended appointing a new external leadership for the agency and refocusing on its preventive mission. The report's authors said – in a letter accompanying their report – to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that “the Secret Service as an agency needs radical reform to carry out its mission.”
“Without this reform, the IRB believes that another Butler accident can and will occur again,” they added.
The attempted assassination of Trump at the election rally on July 13 sparked widespread criticism of the Secret Service, which resulted in the resignation of its director. Critics expressed concerns about how the suspect was able to reach the roof of a nearby building, which enabled him to have a direct view of the place where the former president was speaking.
In that incident, two attendees of the Pennsylvania rally were injured by gunfire, and a 50-year-old firefighter, Corey Comperatore, died, while Thomas Crookes He was shot by Secret Service agents, and the director of the agency resigned Kimberly Chittle In light of the incident.