Overview

• The Secret Service suspended six agents for 10 to 42 days without pay after conduct failures during the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
• Disciplined personnel ranged from supervisory officers to line agents implicated in lapses that allowed shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks to fire into the crowd, grazing Trump’s ear and killing a spectator.
• A September internal report and an October House task force provisional study both cited planning and coordination breakdowns with local law enforcement before the rally.
• Under Sean Curran’s leadership, the Secret Service has implemented roughly half of the congressional recommendations to bolster protective measures.
• Bipartisan critics contend the partial reforms leave significant vulnerabilities in presidential security protocols.