Multiple Secret Service personnel from the Pittsburgh Field Office have been reassigned to desk duty, along with one member of Donald Trump’s security detail involved in the advance planning for Trump’s July 13 Pennsylvania rally, CNN reports. The move comes as the Secret Service continues to face criticism for the security failures that allowed a gunman to fire eight rounds at the former president, piercing Trump’s ear and leaving one rallygoer dead in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The agency is undergoing multiple inquiries including an internal review, congressional investigations and an independent commission empaneled by the Department of Homeland Security. Earlier this month, the agency shifted its tone. “This was a Secret Service failure. That roof should have been covered,” Acting Deputy Director Ronald Rowe told reporters during a news conference. Previously, the agency had pointed blame on locals for their failure to keep eyes on would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks that day.
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