Secret Service agents surround Donald Trump onstage after he was shot at a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
The interviews also unveiled that several agents admitted the existence of major security concerns at the Butler rally, but none of them elevated the concerns or helped produce a plan to properly cover the roof that provided 20-year-old Thomas Crooks a clear shot of Trump.
The documents show that some agents in charge never even conducted walk-throughs of the site. For example, the lead advance agent, documents show, never did a final security walk through of the rally site because she was in the hospital for heat exhaustion, the special agent in charge said when questioned.
But the documents also provide a deeper dive into the six agents who were disciplined because of failures in the security detail.
SECRET SERVICE SUSPENDS 6 AGENTS TASKED WITH PROTECTING TRUMP DURING JULY 2024 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
Former President Trump is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after he was shot a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
During her interview, the lead agent said she did not know three local snipers were inside the AGR building instead of on the rooftop where Crooks was perched when he shot Trump.
The counter sniper team lead had 10 years of experience with the USSS, with two years in the uniformed divisions and eight with the counter sniper program.
The counter sniper lead was suspended for 52 days without pay in April, but only had to serve 35 days. He is currently on official restricted duty status.
The agent is accused of not walking the entire Butler rally site and instead using "Google and stuff" to get a look at the grounds. He also failed to talk or collaborate with local sniper teams and never picked up radios offered by local law enforcement to communicate with other teams.
The vehicle carrying Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after he was shot at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
After the assassination attempt, the agent spoke with a reporter and shared information about the behind the scenes of the rally, the documents show.
The senior special agent site counterpart had 20 years of experience, including experience dealing with presidential details. According to the documents, the counterpart was disciplined in April for 14 days without pay, though she argued she should not be punished. Instead, the agent blamed the site agent.
The senior special agent site counterpart was supposed to be responsible for securing the site and identifying threats, the documents show.
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Donald Trump is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel afterhe was shot at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
During interviews, the counterpart told the USSS that the site agent she was working with did not know "basic things," adding that it was not her job to "coach" the site agent.
The Secret Service also said local police emailed the senior counterpart their plans to secure the area, but she never opened or read the plans.
The special agent in charge from the Pittsburgh field office had 24 years of experience with the USSS, and just days after the rally was placed on telework status. In November, the agent was reassigned to work with the cybertraining program, and in January he was told he would be suspended for 14 days without pay.
According to the documents, the agent said under questioning that he did not know there was a threat against Trump before the rally. The agent told the Secret Service that if he had known about the threat, he would have recommended moving the rally inside or would have asked for more resources.
The agent also told the Secret Service that the team assigned to Trump’s protective detail knew about the threats and were the ones who should have changed the plans.
The sixth agent who was disciplined was the assistant to the special agent in charge from the Pittsburgh field office.
The assistant had 24 years of experience with the USSS and admitted he did not prepare for the Butler rally. Documents show that without preparation, the assistant had little to no understanding of the security plan for Butler.
Additionally, the assistant never met with the lead agent and never did a site walk though, nor did the agent participate in a site briefing or look at a diagram of the site.
As a result, the assistant was suspended for 10 days without pay in April.
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