Rod Lamkey, Jr. - Photo / AP Multiple Secret Service Agents on Administrative Leave, Barred from Investigative or Protective Work At least five Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. By The Associated Press August 23, 2024
@LibbeyDean_ / X Screen ShotCommentary Watch: Trump Ends Interview With Reporter, Tells Her 'We're in Danger' Amid Report of New Assassination Threat Trump's understandable attempt to keep himself and his interviewer out of danger reminds us that this new normal cannot continue. By Michael Schwarz August 23, 2024
Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Secret Service Agents Placed on Leave Over Trump Shooting, Causing Intra-Agency Controversy: Report "They remain operational even though they too were deeply involved in devising the Butler rally’s security plan." By Bryan Chai August 22, 2024
Kent Nishimura/Getty ImagesCommentary Preliminary Report Finds Thomas Matthew Crooks Was 'Fragged,' Rifle Likely Disabled After SWAT Operator's Incredible Shot The local SWAT team member's shot didn't kill the would-be Trump assassin, but it did make the rifle he was using useless. By Joe Saunders August 17, 2024
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Corey Comperatore's Daughter Slams Trump Rally Security: 'My Dad's Blood Is on Your Hands' The family of the volunteer firefighter slain at a Trump rally will not give up its fight for answers about that day's security lapses. By Jack Davis August 16, 2024
J. Scott Applewhite / AP ; Joe Lamberti / APCommentary Congressman Tries to Examine Trump Shooter's Body, Makes a Disturbing Discovery Higgins accused the already-suspect FBI of obstructing Congress' investigation by authorizing the release and cremation of Crooks' body. By Michael Schwarz August 16, 2024
Joe Raedle / Getty Images Palm Beach Officials Consider Shutting Down Trump's Mar-a-Lago The Secret Service directed the road closed in the wake of the July 13 assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. By Randy DeSoto August 15, 2024
Grant Baldwin / Getty ImagesCommentary Female Secret Service Agent Abandons Her Post at Trump Rally: Report History suggests that even abandoning a post when assigned to protect a president will not result in a government agent's punishment. By Michael Schwarz August 15, 2024
Jeff Swensen / Getty Images ; Andrew Harnik / Getty ImagesCommentary Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Releases Brand New Photo from Trump Shooting That Makes the Situation Look Even Worse Luna released a photo of a rifle-wielding Crooks at Trump's July 13 rally that raised anew questions of incompetence or design. By Michael Schwarz August 15, 2024
Fox News / video screen shotCommentary New Footage Shows Cops Desperately Trying to Stop Trump Shooter While Secret Service Sat Directly Below Him The missing audio is only one of several questions prompted by the bodycam footage from a brave police officer who might have saved Trump. By Michael Schwarz August 9, 2024