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Secret Service Faces Scrutiny After Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump

Investigations reveal security lapses and foreign connections in the July 13th shooting at a Pennsylvania rally.

  • Several Secret Service agents from the Pittsburgh Field Office are on administrative leave following the assassination attempt.
  • The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, had encrypted messaging accounts in multiple foreign countries.
  • Newly released footage shows Crooks moving across a rooftop just minutes before the shooting.
  • Congressional task force members criticize the FBI and Secret Service for withholding information.
  • Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned after the incident.
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