Security and communication lapses between the Secret Service and local law enforcement are to blame for not sooner thwarting the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to a bipartisan interim Senate report released on Sept. 25.
The report was jointly released by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations—as the Secret Service faces continued scrutiny after two attempted assassinations of the GOP presidential nominee.
