It’s been one month since Donald Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt on his life. This was the first assassination attempt on a current or former president in over forty years.

Despite this, the American people have been given few answers about how the Secret Service allowed this to happen. Thankfully, however, some Secret Service agents are finally being held accountable.

Five members of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) have just been placed on leave in the wake of July 13’s assassination attempt on Trump. This is hopefully only the beginning when it comes to getting justice for the former president.

From Fox News:
One member of Trump’s personal protective team and four members of the Secret Service’s Pittsburgh Field Office, including the special agent in charge, have been sidelined nearly six weeks after the incident. The five are still employed but are teleworking and are no longer allowed in the field. They cannot do any investigative work.

The news comes after the Secret Service concluded internal interviews to understand how Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to fire several shots from the AGR building in Butler. The Secret Service was not able to conduct the interviews right away because the FBI was interviewing them for a separate criminal investigation, according to a source briefed on both probes.

Separately, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Friday revealed that a Secret Service whistleblower has come forward to claim that officials at Secret Service headquarters encouraged agents in charge of the rally not to request any extra security assets in their formal planning request.

Trump Assassination Attempt

Trump was shot in the ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, after the 19-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire. Sadly, the firefighter Corey Comperatore was fatally struck while he tried to shield his family from the bullets. Rally-goers James Copenhaver and David Dutch were also injured by bullets in the shooting.

In the weeks since this assassination attempt, various failings on the part of the Secret Service have come to light. For example, Crooks was identified by law enforcement as a suspicious person at Trump’s rally an hour before he took his first shot. Despite this, Crooks was still able to scale a nearby rooftop and nearly kill a former president. How could the Secret Service allow that to happen?!

It’s nothing short of horrifying that an assassination attempt like this one was able to happen right under the noses of the Secret Service. Democrats and the mainstream media have been trying to move on from this as quickly as possible, as they don’t want Trump to get any sympathy from American voters. However, the Secret Service must be held responsible for dropping the ball when it came to keeping Trump safe.

In the end, regardless of their political party, all current and former presidents deserve to know that their lives are being effectively protected by the Secret Service. Here’s hoping that this is only the beginning of the Secret Service being held accountable for last month’s assassination attempt on Trump.

Key Takeaways: 

• Multiple Secret Service agents were placed on leave after the Trump assassination attempt.
• The Secret Service must be held accountable for their failings.
• Questions continue to spread as to how this Trump assassination attempt could have happened.

Source: Fox News