The task force that investigated the assassination attempt of US presidential candidate Donald Trump fears that the events of July will be repeated if the service is not renewed.
US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s the independent task force that investigated the July assassination attempt sees that the secret service responsible for the security of the presidents needs “fundamental changes”.
The working group published a 52-page report on the results of its investigation today, Thursday. According to the report, the secret service’s communication was inadequate during the campaign event that ended in an assassination attempt. Poor communication led to the fact that the roof of the building that served as the shooting location was not secured.
The working group also found other problems in the operation of the secret service, such as the inability to recognize the danger to Trump and a work culture that aims to do “more with less”.
In the United States, the head of the secret service Kimberly A. Cheatle resigned in July amid criticism of the assassination attempt.
The working group that investigated the operation of the secret service suggests that new people from outside the organization be hired to lead the service, and that the service would return the protection of its customers to the center of its operations.
– If no changes are made, Butler’s events can and will happen again, the report says.
The investigation was commissioned by the US Homeland Security Agency, under which the secret service operates.
The assassination attempts against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have eroded the credibility of the Secret Service. One person in the audience at a Trump campaign rally was killed and two others injured in July in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old Thomas Michael Crooks opened fire on the audience from the roof of a nearby building.
Trump, who was the target of an assassination attempt, barely survived the shooting. At that time, he got a cut in his ear from a bullet. In September, Trump came close to being the target of an assassination attempt for the second time, when an armed man got within sight of Trump on a golf course he owned in Florida.
Source: AP