Secret Service Agents Put On Leave After Trump Assassination Attempt: REPORT

Several members of the U.S. Secret Service were placed on administrative leave after the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Fox News reported.

At least five Secret Service members, including one from Trump’s personal protective team and four from the Pittsburgh Field Office, were put on leave nearly six weeks after the shooting, according to Fox News. Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, fired shots at the former president from a rooftop positioned 130 yards from the rally stage, raising concerns about the Secret Service’s security lapses.

“This is such a ridiculously delayed reaction,” Tristan Leavitt, president of Empower Oversight said in a post on X. “These Secret Service employees should have been reassigned to these administrative duties on July 13. Director Rowe said he would wait until an investigation before issuing ‘disciplinary action’—but reassigning to admin duties is not disciplinary action.”

Crooks was reportedly spotted by witnesses, flagged by Secret Service agents and identified