Task force urges change in Secret Service roles

WASHINGTON — A task force looking into the assassination attempts against Donald Trump during his presidential campaign recommended changes to the Secret Service, including protecting fewer foreign leaders during the height of the election season and considering moving the agency...

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WASHINGTON — A task force looking into the assassination attempts against Donald Trump during his presidential campaign recommended changes to the Secret Service, including protecting fewer foreign leaders during the height of the election season and considering moving the agency out of the Department of Homeland Security. The 180-page report by the bipartisan congressional task force released Tuesday is one of the more detailed looks into the July assassination attempt against Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania and a second one in Florida two months later. Like other investigations and reports, the task force railed at the agency tasked with protecting the top echelon of America's democratic leaders.

"The events of July 13, 2024, were tragic and preventable, and the litany of related security failures are unacceptable," the authors wrote. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!.