Overview

• The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released its final report on July 13, confirming a cascade of preventable failures by the Secret Service during the Butler rally attempt.
• At least ten formal requests for counter-snipers, counter-drone systems and counter-assault team support were denied or left unfulfilled before the shooting.
• Credible intelligence and warnings from local law enforcement were not properly acted upon or communicated to agents protecting the event.
• Six Secret Service agents received suspensions of ten to forty-two days without pay for their roles in the security lapses, but no personnel were terminated.
• Director Sean Curran says substantive reforms have been implemented following the report even as lawmakers and whistle-blowers challenge the adequacy of the agency’s accountability and leadership testimony.