Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance during a July campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot and wounded, according to a document released Friday that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof.A five-page document summarizing the key conclusions of a yet-to-be finalized report lays bare the cascading and wide-ranging failings that preceded the July 13 shooting at a Butler, Pennsylvania at which Trump was struck in the ear by gunfire. Those include an absence of clear guidance from the Secret Service to local law enforcement, the failure to fix line-of-sight vulnerabilities at the rally grounds that left Trump open to sniper fire and “complacency” among some agents, said Ronald Rowe Jr., the agency's acting director. Though the failed response has been well-documented through congressional testimony, news media investigations and other public statements, the summary…

Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

The Secret Service has been highly scrutinized over the incident, with much of the criticism centering around the shooter’s ability to gain access to an unobstructed roof overlooking Trump’s rally.

The former US president was wounded in the ear by gunfire during the shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on 13 July.

Trump was grazed with a bullet at a presidential campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, in July when shooter Thomas Crooks opened fire at the stage.

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US Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. said that while some members of the advance team were very diligent, there was complacency on the part of others that led to a breach of security protocols.

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The US Secret Service on Friday detailed a litany of failures uncovered by its review of the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump at a rally in July. Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to open fire from a nearby rooftop at the outdoor event held by Republican election…

The agency's director cites a failure to secure the building the shooter fired from among a litany of security breakdowns.

The U.S. Secret Service says the ability of a lone gunman to fire eight shots at Donald Trump during a campaign rally in rural western Pennsylvania was partially the result of multiple failures by the agents charged with protecting the former president. A report on the agency’s own...

The summary of an internal investigation determined that the agency did not adequately prepare its local partners for their duties at the event in Butler, Pa., in July.

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