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Senate Demands Stricter Penalties as Secret Service Completes Half of Post-Butler Reforms

Senators say suspensions alone fail to match the gravity of lapses at Butler with calls for stronger accountability measures.

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FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE - Law enforcement officers work at the campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump that is shown empty and littered with debris, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Overview

  • The Senate Homeland Security committee identified “multiple, unacceptable failures” in planning and response at the July 2024 Butler rally.
  • Six agents received unpaid suspensions ranging from 10 to 42 days but no firings have occurred for those responsible.
  • Since December’s House task force, the Secret Service has implemented roughly half of 46 congressional recommendations to overhaul security protocols.
  • Sean Curran took over as Secret Service director following Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation and Ronald Rowe Jr.’s interim tenure.
  • FBI and Secret Service investigations have yet to determine a clear motive for Thomas Matthew Crooks’s lone attack.