‘Shouldn’t Have Happened’: Trump Reflects On Butler Assassination Attempt One Year Later

President Donald Trump reflected Saturday on Fox News’ “My View with Lara Trump” about the first assassination attempt against his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, stating he’s “satisfied” with the briefing he’s received about the security lapses that had occurred.

On July 13, 2024, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to kill the then-GOP presidential nominee, shooting multiple rounds into a crowd gathered to support Trump. While speaking to his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, the president said that while there were mistakes made by the U.S. Secret Service, he is “satisfied” with his administration’s findings on the subject after receiving “numerous” briefings on it.

“So they briefed me numerous times, the FBI, the Secret Service, sort of everybody, DOJ. Pamela’s doing a fantastic, I think she’s doing a fantastic job,”  Trump said, referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi. “But they briefed me and I’m satisfied with it. I’m satisfied with it.”

“They should have had somebody in the building, that was a mistake. They should have had communications with the local police. They weren’t tied in. And they should have been tied in,” Trump added, referencing some of the key security failures that led up to the assassination attempt. “So there were mistakes made. And that, you know, shouldn’t have happened.”

Multiple outlets reported on Wednesday that six U.S. Secret Service agents were suspended in connection to the failures at the Butler rally. While the agents’ identities had not been released by officials, sources