Cingling Docs details the main failures of the secret service on the attempted assassination of Trump

The documents assigned by the Senate Committee for Internal Security and Government Affairs show major failures among the six US secret service agents (USSS) who were suspended without salary in response to an attempted assassination on the candidate of the time, Donald Trump, in a campaign rally in Butler, in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.

While the USSS had previously declared to Fox News that the agents were disciplined in February, the documents show that five of the agents were not disciplined before April, which is Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., Assisted the files.

The USSS interviews show that the main agent of the site was not prepared and underworld, and her agent colleagues said that she had no idea what she was doing in Butler.

The campaign rally marked the first time that the agent obtained an outdoor rally, and the field agents said she was lacking in basic knowledge, according to the report.

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The secret service agents surround Donald Trump on stage after being killed during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen / Getty Images)

The interviews also revealed that several agents admitted the existence of major security problems during the butler gathering, but none of them has raised the concerns or helped produce a plan to properly cover the roof which provided Thomas Crooks 20 years a clear blow of Trump.

The documents show that some responsible agents have never even carried out site walks. For example, the agent advanced in advance, show the documents, has never made a final security promenade on the Rally site because she was at the hospital for heat exhaustion, said the special agent in charge when he was questioned.

But the documents also provide a deeper dive into the six agents who have been disciplined due to failures in the details of security.

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The police surround Thomas’ crooks on the agr roof after the counter -nippers killed him. (Butler Twp Police DEPT.)

Advanced lead agent

The advanced agent was 21 years old with the USSS, with six of these years spent in the vice-presidential protection division.

Despite the April documents showing that the agent was suspended without salary for 21 days, the agent ended up obtaining a suspension of 14 days. According to the secret services, the agent was the oldest and most experienced agent of the Advance team, but she failed to secure the Rallye site.

Documents show that the main agent was aware of the concerns of the aiming line, but it did not solve the problem or produced a plan to secure the building.

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Former President Trump is helped by American secret service staff after being killed by Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. (Reuters / Brendan McDermid)

During his interview, the main agent said that she did not know that three local elite shooters were inside the AGR building rather than on the roof where Crooks was perched when he fired on Trump.

Counter Sniper Team Direct

The Counter Sniper Team team had 10 years of experience with USSS, with two years in uniform divisions and eight with the Sniper Counter program.

The lead of elite shooters was suspended for 52 days without salary in April, but had to serve only 35 days. He is currently in limited official status.

The agent is accused of not walking the entire site of the Butler rally and of using “Google and stuff” to take a look at the field. He also did not speak or collaborated with teams of local elite shooters and has never picked up the radios offered by local police to communicate with other teams.

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Donald Trump reacts while several shots sounded during a campaign rally at Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (Reuters / Brendan McDermid)

The secret services said that with the level of experience of the lead sniper, he should have known how to successfully secure the field. The sniper also said during the interviews he had received SMS on suspicious crooks, but had not alerted the main site agent and the security room.

Site agent

One of the agents of the disciplined site had five years of experience with the USSS and was initially informed in April that it would be suspended for three days. But the secret services have changed the duration of the discipline at 42 days without salary, show the documents.

The secret services said that the agent had not communicated that there was an active threat on the day of the rally, the team on the ground. The secret services also said that the agent blamed others for security failures, but it was she who was ultimately responsible for any security.

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The vehicle carrying Donald Trump is surrounded by American secret service agents after being shot down during a campaign rally on Saturday July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP photo / Evan VUCCI)

After the assassination attempt, the agent spoke with a journalist and shared information on the behind the scenes of the rally, the documents show.

A counterpart of the Senior Special Agent Site

The counterpart of the Senior Special Agent site had 20 years of experience, including experience dealing with presidential details. According to documents, the counterpart was disciplined in April for 14 days without salary, although she argued that she should not be punished. Instead, the agent blamed the site agent.

The counterpart of the Senior Special Agent site was supposed to be responsible for securing the site and the identification of threats, according to documents.

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Donald Trump is assisted by the staff of American secret services after he was killed at Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, July 13, 2024. (Reuters / Brendan McDermid)

During the interviews, the counterpart told the USSS that the site agent with which she worked did not know the “basic things”, adding that it was not her work to “train” the site agent.

The secret services also said that the local police had sent an email to the senior counterpart its plans to secure the region, but that it had never opened or read the plans.

Special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh field office

The special agent responsible for the Pittsburgh field office had 24 years of experience with the USSS, and only a few days after the rally of the commissioning of teleworking status. In November, the agent was reassigned to work with the Cybertraining program, and in January, he was told that he would be suspended for 14 days without salary.

According to the documents, the agent said by questioning that he did not know that there was a threat to Trump before the rally. The agent told the secret services that if he had known the threat, he would have recommended to move the rally inside or asked for more resources.

The agent also told the secret services that the team assigned to Trump’s protection details knew the threats and was the one that should have changed the plans.

Assistant to the special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh office

The sixth disciplined agent was the assistant of the special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh field office.

The assistant had 24 years of experience with the USSS and admitted that he had not prepared for the Butler rally. The documents show that without preparation, the assistant had little or no understanding of the security plan for Butler.

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In addition, the assistant has never met the main agent and never walked on the site, and the agent did not participate in a site briefing or examined a site diagram.

As a result, the assistant was suspended for 10 days without salary in April.