Butler PA Assassination Attempt was Communications failure

Secret Service Pins Blame On Communications ‘Deficiencies’--

For Its Failure To Prevent First Trump Assassination Attempt

A U.S. Secret Service report released Friday revealed several “communications deficiencies” that took place leading up to the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania.

The five page report confirmed that faulty communications “inhibited the collective awareness” of both local and federal law enforcement tasked with securing the Butler rally, according to a summary of the report.

The document, summarizing the key conclusions of a yet-to-be finalized Secret Service report, lays bare the cascading and wide-ranging failings that preceded the July 13 shooting at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally at which Trump was struck in the ear by gunfire.

Due to these security failures, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to take aim at and fire shots at the former president from a rooftop positioned just 130 yards from the rally stage.

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