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One Year after Butler, Secret Service,
FBI Face New Questions

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Posted By: Judy W., 7/14/2025 6:23:46 AM

Still reveling in his political comeback after surviving two near-miss assassination attempts, last December, then-President-elect Trump stopped by the Christmas party of the Secret Service detail that was responsible for both saving his life and the failures that nearly ended it. (Snip) Fast forward seven months, just days away from the one-year anniversary of the failures at the Butler rally: The Secret Service announced limited disciplinary actions for those it deemed responsible for security lapses. Six agents, including Myosoty Perez, whom Trump was referring to at the December party, have been placed on 10-42 days of unpaid leave for their roles in the egregious security breaches.

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This is a very thorough account, including facts about the Secret Service that I don't think have been made public before. Many SS people have quit and they are often being replaced by people who would not have been qualified previously, like obese, uneducated, and otherwise negative traits. The final paragraph might make you laugh, as it did me, although it is serious.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: privateer 7/14/2025 8:02:54 AM (No. 1977297)
FTA: 'As a result of the siloed information sharing, many federal and all local law enforcement planning and staffing the event, including Perez and other members of the Trump protective detail and the Pittsburgh Field Office, were unaware of the active threat.' If the most powerful and important man in the world cannot be protected, the rest of us surely are expendable. Incompetence, the result of laziness, or intent? The SS probably missed the days when protecting the President was very much like watching over a potted plant.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Strike3 7/14/2025 8:44:34 AM (No. 1977322)
Trump would have enjoyed better protection in Butler by pulling a dozen Marines from the nearest base and assigning them the job. The SS failed in planning, communication and performance of their one and only task. One mistake is too many.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: felixcat 7/14/2025 9:19:49 AM (No. 1977342)
This is why so many Americans, MAGA or not, have so little faith in our institutions, especially federal is that NO ONE is ever held accountable for serious screw ups, fraud, corruption, etc. Well, I guess you could say Epstein was the exception... /sarc
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Toodles3956 7/14/2025 9:27:15 AM (No. 1977343)
Anyone with a brain has figured out the SS expected to leave Butler with a dead candidate. You can understand a mistake but this was all planned.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: stablemoney 7/14/2025 9:34:08 AM (No. 1977348)
Concluding everybody is at fault is not accountability, nor is they need better equipment, training, and communications. No, what the SS needs is better personnel.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: walcb 7/14/2025 10:50:55 AM (No. 1977372)
You don't need a bachelor's degree to be an effective SS agent. Hire from the American police force, if they have a BS fine but not required with good recommendations and performance reports.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DVC 7/14/2025 12:27:09 PM (No. 1977421)
Leave instead of firing and blocking from ever returning. WHY?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: thefield 7/14/2025 1:54:38 PM (No. 1977446)
I have no respect for the agent or the agency where the agent backed away from the shooter on the roof instead of sounding the alarm or drawing fire, which is his job. Of all the failures, that was number one.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: MickTurn 7/14/2025 2:39:00 PM (No. 1977464)
Wait for it.........The FBLIE likely paid off Crooks then got rid of his bank account info to cover it up! The Secret Service people assigned were OBIOUSLY Picked for this task because they were either totally Incompetent, Paid OFF, OR so new at the job they had NO CLUE!
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