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# Secret Service Acting Director Says Trump Assassination Attempt Investigation "Made Me Ashamed"

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## Video: Secret Service Acting Director Says Trump Assassination Attempt Investigation "Made Me Ashamed"

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_Published 2024-07-30. Officials shared new details regarding the timeline of the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump and additional background on the shooter during a Senate hearing Tuesday._


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## Transcript

Truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God. Thank you. A critical part of the Secret Service mission is protecting our nation's current and former government leaders. The attempted assassination of former President Donald J Trump on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, was a failure on multiple levels. Since my appointment as the acting director one week ago, I identified gaps in our security on July 13 and have implemented corrective actions. One of my first actions as acting director was traveling to the Butler Farm Show site to better understand how our protection failed.

I went to the roof of the AGR building where the assailant fired shots, and I laid in a prone position to evaluate his line of sight. What I saw made me ashamed. As a career law enforcement officer and a 25 year veteran with the Secret Service, I cannot defend why that roof was not better secured. To prevent similar lapses from occurring in the future, I directed our personnel to ensure every event site security plan is thoroughly vetted by multiple experienced supervisors before it is implemented. It is clear to me that other protective enhancements could have strengthened our security at the Butler event.

I've heard your calls for accountability, and I take them very seriously. And given the magnitude of this failure, the Secret Services Office of Professional Responsibility is reviewing the actions and decision making of secret service personnel in the lead up two and on the day of the attack. If this investigation reveals that Secret Service employees violated agency protocols, those employees will be held accountable to our disciplinary process. But I do not believe that inadequate time to plan for this event was a factor in the failure. As you saw in my written statement, I am prepared to provide an overview of the security planning leading up to and during the July 13 attack.

However, I would like to point out that based on what I know right now, neither the Secret Service counter sniper teams nor members of the former presidents security detail had any knowledge that there was a man on the roof of the AGR building with a firearm. It is my understanding those personnel were not aware the assailant had a firearm until they heard gunshots. Prior to that, they were operating with the knowledge that local law enforcement was working in issue of a suspicious individual prior to the shots being fired. I regret that information was not passed to Congress and the public sooner with greater frequency.

And I fear this lack of information has given rise to multiple false and dangerous conspiracy theories about what took place that day. And I want to debunk these theories. Let me address one conspiracy directly. The Secret Service Counter Sniper neutralized the assailant within seconds after the assailant fired his weapon. That counter sniper had full discretion to use deadly force to stop an attacker and did not need to seek authorization to fire.

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