The agency is under fire for failing protect the Republican presidential candidate
The US Secret Service has reportedly suspended a regional director and several agents as it probes the “operational failure” that almost got Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump killed last month.
Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 when an assassin opened fire from the roof of a nearby building. While Trump was only grazed because he turned his head at the very last moment, the shooter killed one member of the audience and seriously injured two more.
On Friday, CBS News reported that the USSS “has placed multiple agents on leave, including the head of the Pittsburgh field office,” citing an anonymous source familiar with the matter.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi declined to confirm or deny the claim, saying only that the “mission assurance review is progressing.”
Shortly after the CBS report, Missouri…