Secret Service Missed Over 100 Radio Calls About Trump Gunman in Butler
What was said
"THE 64 PAGE REPORT CREDITING A FAILURE TO ESTABLISH PROPER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE AGENCY AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS AN UNDER TRAINED COUNTER-DRONE SYSTEM OPERATOR WITH THE INCIDENT TAKING PLACE."
A new government watchdog report reveals that the Secret Service missed over 100 radio calls warning about the gunman during the 2022 assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The report cites communication failures between federal and local law enforcement and an improperly trained counter-drone operator as key factors that allowed the shooter to graze Trump's ear and kill bystander Corey Comperatore. The widow of the victim expressed anguish that the attack could have been prevented if authorities had acted on the warnings.
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- Programme
- Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
- Episode
- Former Secret Service agent: Agency has changed since Butler 'failure' | The Hill
- Clip time
- 0:36
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