It comes after the House voted to unanimously pass enhanced protections to presidential candidates and sitting presidents.
Issues with a host of communications and technical difficulties with drone capabilities plagued the U.S. Secret Service at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where an assassin took a shot at former President Donald Trump, according to a new report released Friday by the agency.
The report was an effort from the Secret Service to be transparent about the failures that occurred on July 13, when Thomas Matthew Crooks allegedly climbed on top of a neighboring building and opened fire on Trump, striking him in the ear before being killed by a Secret Service sniper. Federal personnel on the scene were not informed through the radio of a description of the assailant, or vital information received from local law enforcement regarding a suspicious individual on the roof of the AGR complex, the report said.
"Neither the Secret Service's Pittsburgh Field Office leadership nor anyone on the agency's advance team were aware of this outreach for support," the report said. "This led to a situation where the local tactical team operating on the second floor of the AGR building-a team that was providing mutual aid support-had no prior contact with Secret Service personnel before the rally.
"It is possible that if this element of the advance had functioned properly, the shooter may have been detected as he flew his drone near the Butler Farm Show venue earlier in the day," the executive summary said. The final tally was 405-0 in favor of the bill. Only two-thirds majority was required for the measure to pass.
FILE - Ronald Rowe Jr., the acting director of the Secret Service, speaks during a news conference by law enforcement officials, Sept. 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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