‘Cascade of Preventable Failures’ Contributed to Trump Assassination Attempt: Senate Report

The Senate released a report on July 13 detailing the critical missteps that allowed a gunman to climb a building and open fire on President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year, and faulted the Secret Service for its discipline and “pattern of denials, mismanagement, and missed warning signs.” The report, released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-K.Y.), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, investigated the events leading up to and after July 13, 2024, when a 20-year-old man climbed onto the roof of the American Glass Research building during a Trump campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show and opened fire on Trump....