Multiple Secret Service personnel, including one agent on former President Donald Trump’s detail, were placed on leave six weeks after the assassination attempt on Trump at his Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally, Fox News reported on Friday.
Along with the agent on Trump’s detail, four members of the Secret Service’s Pittsburgh field office, including the special agent in charge, were placed on administrative leave. The agency has faced intense criticism after a 20-year-old gunman accessed a rooftop lookout just 130 yards away from the president before firing eight shots, one of which struck Trump’s right ear.
“The U.S. Secret Service is committed to investigating the decisions and actions of personnel related to the event in Butler, Pennsylvania and the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The U.S. Secret Service’s mission assurance review is…
