Secret Service failures turn GOP lawmakers into private detectives

Published July 29, 2024 5:00am ET



Failures by the Secret Service to prevent the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump have some Republicans taking matters into their own hands.

Armed with accusations that federal investigators aren’t being transparent, lawmakers have obtained and unveiled new footage and details of security pitfalls that may have enabled a rooftop shooter to strike Trump from only a few hundred feet away.

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