The attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, exposed vulnerabilities inside an agency long regarded as the world’s premier protective service, the Secret Service.
Congressional investigations, independent reviews, and the Secret Service’s own admissions pointed to communication breakdowns, lapses in coordination, and security gaps that allowed a gunman to open fire at a then-former president from a nearby rooftop.
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