Secretary Mayorkas says 'direct line of sight' on Trump should have never happened
, was stationed on a rooftop near Trump’s campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday evening when he fired multiple rounds at the 78-year-old former president and spectators before he was ultimately killed by a Secret Service sniper. Lone young sniper Thomas Matthew Crooks was positioned on top of a roof just 130 yards from where Trump made his speech.
“We are going to really study the event independently and make recommendations to the Secret Service and to me so that we can assure the safety and security of our protectees, which is one of our most vital missions in the Secret Service, the Department of Homeland Security and across the government,” Mayorkas said.
While critical of the apparent lapse in security, Mayorkas did offer praise to the Secret Service for at least quickly neutralizing the threat.that allowed Crooks to sneak onto the roof of a manufacturing plant just 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking. The Secret Service confirmed that it relied heavily on local police to help to provide security for the rally, which included at least six officers from Butler County.Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz , who led an extensive investigation into the shortcomings of the Secret Service in 2015, was among those to quickly criticize the agency after the shooting.
“This was a catastrophic failure. It should never have been a remote possibility,” Chaffetz told the Washington Post.“How the f–k did he get a gun that close?” a former Secret Service agent told the Washington Post.Secret Service blames local police, says they were tasked with securing properties surrounding Trump's Pa.
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