The Secret Service Security Failures During Trump's Attempted Assassination | WSJ

Published 2024-07-16
The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is the biggest Secret Service crisis in decades. How did a 20-year old gunman climb a rooftop with a rifle and fire shots at Trump less than 150 yards away?

WSJ spoke with two former Secret Service agents who explained what went wrong in Butler, Pennsylvania, during Trump’s rally.

Chapters:
0:00 Secret service’s biggest crisis in decades
0:39 Communication failure
3:04 Planning in advance
4:29 Evacuation
5:38 Investigation into the incident

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All Comments (21)
  • The secret service has investigated the matter, and found that the secret service was not at fault
  • @tpeasetiger
    Somehow a building about 150 yards away slipped through the cracks? Seriously?
  • @maxwellfan55
    The embarrassing inadequacy of SS/Local Police makes USA elite security appear so amateurish.
  • @marymele6050
    A 3 year old could tell that roof shouldn't be unprotected and the water town needed a guard.
  • @BigBoyJay_69
    This is a national disgrace honestly. Embarrassing from the Secret Service.
  • @waseq117
    The biggest survivor here is the job of the director of secret services. How can she still keep her job, after all the failure?
  • @anonone8954
    20 year old loner outsmarts the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, state, and local police.
  • @Kulasisi-xj9fk
    As someone from outside the US, we have this impression that the secret service is one of the elite security agencies in the world. After this massive failure I realized that our police does a better job than the secret service during our local elections and I'm from a developing country LOL.
  • @dinahsoar6982
    How does a 20 year old with no military or law enforcement training out smart the Secret Service and local Police and FBI? In broad daylight
  • @TyBrima
    It’s the facts that regular citizens seen him before the secret service
  • This is the same Secret Service that ‘lost’ cell phone data?
  • @user-ex3lo7pk9j
    Cheatle "the buck stops with me" also Cheatle "I will not resign". Make this make sense.
  • @scottydont2549
    We thought the Capitol was secured. We were wrong. We thought the Secret Service was effective. We were wrong. I sure hope our military isn’t hiding behind the illusion of security too.
  • I guess the Secret Service has not heard of drones. How inconvenient.
  • @beepboopbeepp
    The only other roof nearby and they didn’t bother to clear it like what?
  • @lajuan4306
    Idc what the media says. Somebody is getting fired.
  • @srtluke147
    Even if you don’t like trump. You have to be concerned as an American.