Overview

• The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s final report cites a “cascade of preventable failures” in planning and executing security for the Butler rally
• A GAO study released by the Senate Judiciary Committee confirms the Secret Service failed to relay credible assassination tips at least ten days before the shooting
• Six agents were suspended for 10 to 42 days without pay for operational shortcomings, yet none have been dismissed despite bipartisan calls for firmer consequences
• Secret Service Director Sean Curran says the agency has implemented substantive procedural reforms and is fully cooperating with ongoing congressional oversight
• Lawmakers are advancing bipartisan measures aimed at overhauling threat-sharing procedures and bolstering security protocols at campaign events