The Secret Service’s acting director has told lawmakers he considered it indefensible that the roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was unsecured.
More specifically, sources told ABC News that there were local police personnel and counter-sniper units in the AGR building where Crooks eventually took up a position to fire at Trump, sources said. Investigators believe that could have led to confusion as Secret Service snipers...
One rally attendee was killed and two more were critically wounded, the Secret Service said in a statement Saturday night. The suspect was shot and killed by a member of a Secret Service counter-assault team, two law enforcement sources told CBS News. Former President Donald Trump as gunshots...
Crooks was killed by a Secret Service countersniper, and Trump was surrounded by agents and hustled offstage. In the second assassination attempt, Ryan Wesley Routh is accused of lying in wait for Trump on Sept. 15 in the shrubbery of one of Trump’s Florida...
The counter-sniper team, known by the code name “Hercules,” uses long-range binoculars and is equipped with sniper rifles to deal with long-range threats. Mayorkas said his department and the Secret Service are working with law enforcement to investigate...
Cheatle says she's spoken with the counter-sniper who killed the gunman In response to questions from GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Cheatle said he has briefed Mr. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris about the attempted assassination, and also spoke to the Secret Service counter-sniper who...
The director of the Secret Service has resigned in the aftermath of the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Biden, a Democrat, ordered an independent review into security at the rally, and the Secret Service’s inspector general opened an investigation. The agency is also reviewing its countersniper team’s “preparedness and operations.” On Tuesday, Republican House Spe...
“The information that has come to light so far regarding the security failures in Butler is shocking and infuriating,” he said. “However, I am very, very proud of the agents who put themselves in harm’s way to save former President Trump and the skill of the counter sniper who neutra...
The Secret Service disseminated information about the suspicious person with the rangefinder to the counter-sniper team and response agents on the ground, according to the three sources. At this point, local law enforcement did not know the suspicious person had a gun, according to a local law ...