The Secret Service will use bulletproof glass to protect former President Donald Trump as part of a new plan to safeguard his future outdoor events, according to multiple news reports, following his recent assassination attempt. While this extra layer of security is typically used for sitting presidents and vice presidents, the agency has looked to … Read more
Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe on Tuesday acknowledged that the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13 represented a “failure on multiple levels,” and pledged his full support to the various ongoing investigations into the events of that day. In opening comments to the Senate committees on homeland security and the judiciary, Rowe … Read more
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday he was deeply alarmed after a shooter was able to get close enough to attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump earlier this month. Garland spoke to NBC News on Tuesday, describing the attack — which left one of Trump’s supporters dead at a rally in Pennsylvania — as … Read more
Washington: Two local law enforcement officers stationed in the complex of buildings where a gunman opened fire at former President Donald Trump left to go search for the man before the shooting, the head of Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday, raising questions about whether a key post was left unattended as the shooter climbed onto … Read more
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday demanded to know if the Secret Service was engaged in a “conspiracy to kill” former President Donald Trump when he was nearly assassinated earlier this month. It was one of a number of conspiracy theories floated about the shooting during the House Oversight Committee’s questioning of Kimberly Cheatle, … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Kimberly Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service, acknowledged Monday that the near-assassination of former President Donald Trump represented a fundamental failure on her agency’s part. Speaking before lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Cheatle described the July 13 shooting of Trump and attendees at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as “the most significant operational … Read more
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle should be let go, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday in the latest volley of criticism she has taken since the agency failed to keep a gunman from injuring former President Donald Trump less than a week ago. Cheatle was recorded trying to escape angry GOP lawmakers Wednesday at the … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is believed to have flown a drone around the Pennsylvania rally site ahead of time in an apparent attempt to scope out the site before the event, a law enforcement official said Saturday. The drone has been recovered by the FBI, … Read more
The director of the U.S. Secret Service said Sunday ongoing political division has created a “constantly” evolving threat environment ahead of the Republican and Democratic national conventions, but there is no credible threat to either event ahead of their scheduled dates over the next month. Republicans are set to gather for the RNC in Milwaukee … Read more
As an ex-president now with a felony on his record, Donald Trump would lose his Secret Service protection or the usual perks, like an office, of post-White House life under bills sponsored by two House Democrats. But the idea Trump could forfeit his protective detail because of his conviction on 34 state counts of falsifying … Read more
