Overview

• A Senate Homeland Security Committee report faults multiple planning lapses and demands tougher sanctions than the six suspensions already issued to agents involved in the July 13, 2024 rally shooting
• A GAO investigation found that classified threat intelligence went unshared, resources were misallocated, training was insufficient and communications broke down before the assassination attempt
• The Secret Service has enacted only 21 of 46 reforms recommended by bipartisan congressional task forces, prompting oversight bodies to warn that progress remains inadequate
• In response to the inquiries, the agency expanded drone and counter-drone operations, upgraded radio interoperability, formed a new aviation division and procured mobile command and surveillance vehicles
• Victims’ families, rally witnesses and media critics continue to call out unresolved questions over the shooter’s motive, the rapid cremation and the initial downplaying of the attack