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Secret Service missed 'multiple opportunities' to prevent Trump assassination attempt: watchdog

The U.S. Secret Service "missed multiple opportunities" to prevent or disrupt the July 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump as he spoke to supporters during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General said in a report released Thursday.The 64-page document detailed several lapses in security that allowed Thomas Matthew Crooks to get a line of sight to Trump as he stood on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, during the July 13, 2024, event."The Secret Service’s overall lack of policy and processes coupled with limited intelligence sharing a...