The US Secret Service made several errors in 2024 that prevented the… (секретный · служба · трамп)
The US Secret Service made several errors in 2024 that prevented the detection and prevention of an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, according to a report by the General Inspector of the US Department of Homeland Security.
Consensus
- The attack occurred on July 13, 2024, at a pre-election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania
- A 20-year-old man named Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle from the roof of a nearby building
- Donald Trump was wounded in the ear during the shooting
- One attendee died and two others were seriously injured
- The shooter was killed by a sniper from the Secret Service
- A U.S. Department of Homeland Security report criticized the Secret Service for multiple failures that allowed the attack to occur
Points of divergence
- Secret Service employees missed numerous opportunities to prevent or stop the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in July 2024 — kommersant
- The Secret Service failed to properly operate drone countermeasures due to technical failures and lack of qualified personnel, allowing Crooks to use a drone for reconnaissance hours before the event — vesti
- Secret Service did not establish an operational headquarters with local police despite warnings about perimeter control issues — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Investigation Reveals Mistakes Made by the Secret Service During the 2024 Attempt on Trump's Life — Коммерсантъ
- US Secret Service accused of negligence in Trump assassination attempt in 2024 — Вести