The U.S. Secret Service admitted to numerous failures on Friday during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe said during a press conference that the Secret Service was solely responsible for protecting the president and presidential candidates and that it needed to be able to fulfill its mission without support from the Department of Homeland Security.
“The Secret Service did not give clear guidance or direction to our local law enforcement partners,” he said.
“There were communication deficiencies between law enforcement personnel at the site. For example, the Secret Service did not co-locate its security room with local law enforcement, there was an over-reliance on mobile devices, resulting in information being siloed.”
Rowe laid out a timeline of events that…
