Secret Service Security Failures During Attempted Assassination

The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is the biggest Secret Service crisis in decades. How did a 20-year old gunman climb a rooftop with a rifle and fire shots at Trump less than 150 yards away?

WSJ spoke with two former Secret Service agents who explained what went wrong in Butler, Pennsylvania, during Trump’s rally.


00:00 - Secret service’s biggest crisis in decades

00:39 - Communication failure

03:04 - Planning in advance

04:29 - Evacuation

05:38 - Investigation into the incident


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