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Trump shooting task force says DHS, Secret Service haven’t produced docs on golf course incident

The House Task Force investigating the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump’s life has released its final report on Tuesday, detailing “preexisting conditions and leadership failures” that led to the deadly campaign rally in Pennsylvania in July.

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Secret Service boss says vital info not relayed over radio, delaying response to would-be rally assassin

U.S. Secret Service (USSS) leaders are holding a 1 p.m. update on the agency’s internal investigation following the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Secret Service ending protection for RFK Jr.

The Secret Service is ending its protection for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. because the political scion suspended his presidential campaign, law-enforcement sources say. President Biden, 81,had instructed the protective agency to provide security for Kennedy, 70, last month after the failed assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, 78. Kennedy had publicly and privately lobbied for Secret Service protection for months, citing various security scares and suggesting that political motivations were behind the delay in his getting it. At one point, Kennedy’s legal team claimed to have received evidence of…

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Secret Service leader grilled by GOP over lack of firings for Trump security failures

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe defended the agency’s failure to fire any of the agents involved in the planning and response to the assassination attempt of former President Trump, saying he did not want to “rush to judgment.”

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Secret Service Director Cheatle resigns in connection with Trump rally shooting

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday in connection with the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, according to a copy of a letter sent to agency staff obtained by The Washington Post.

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Local police told Secret Service they didn’t have manpower to secure building used by Trump’s would-be assassin

Law enforcement in Butler County, Pennsylvania, warned the U.S. Secret Service in advance of former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally last weekend that they did not have the manpower to secure the building used by Trump’s would-be assassin. 

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