After the assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pa., Congress held hearings on the failures of the Secret Service, and its director, Kimberly Cheatle, stepped down.
Weeks later, another man attempted to shoot the former president, increasing concerns that something had gone very wrong at the Secret Service.
Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains why the agency’s failures are indicative of much more troubling issues.
Guest: Eric Lipton (https://www.nytimes.com/by/eric-lipton) , an investigative reporter for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• An exodus of agents left the Secret Service unprepared for 2024 (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/politics/secret-service-staffing-retention-hiring.html) .
• From July: The Secret Service has faced questions about its decisions (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/us/politics/secret-service-security-roof-trump-shooting.html) before and immediately after the assassination attempt in Butler.
• From September: The Secret Service had not swept (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/us/politics/secret-service-trump.html) the area where a gunman lay in wait as Mr. Trump embarked on a short-notice golf outing.
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I worked for USG for nearly two decades, to include a huge amount of overtime – they DO get paid, albeit at the end of the fiscal year. A bit misleading…it’s a violation of U.S. Federal law to work like this without pay
On canada accusations There may be possibility that crimes are committed by agents connected to political parties but dons in prison arrested for other crimes are asked to own up such crimes.
Other trend people are talking of is bribing of some prominent world leaders directly by such people by putting Billions of dollars in their secret Swiss/ carribbean etc banks accounts. As a result, those leaders keep mum & never openly accuse the wrong doers.
Completely unacceptable. And yet we send BILLIONS to Ukraine and other foreign nations.
This was sad to listen to especially knowing how much money the Feds throw at stupid ish. The people who actually put their lives on the line for this country continue to be put last