Public confidence in the Secret Service has plummeted following the July assassination attempt on former President Trump, according to a Gallup poll released Monday, with ratings of the agency’s performance sinking by 23 percentage points.
Ryan Routh, the alleged gunman in the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump, was previously flagged in a 2019 tip to the FBI.
The FBI is investigating what it describes as “an apparent attempted assassination” of former President Donald Trump after Secret Service agents opened fire on an armed man at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
The US Secret Service is set to lose another high-ranking official this week, as Michael Plati, the assistant director responsible for protective operations, retires.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has authorized additional military support for the Secret Service to enhance security for presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the upcoming election, according to separate statements from the Pentagon and the Secret Service on Thursday.
The gunman in the assassination attempt on Donald Trump embarked on a “sustained, detailed effort” to attack a major gathering before choosing to target the former president at a rally in Pennsylvania, the FBI said Wednesday.
Several agents from the U.S. Secret Service’s Pittsburgh Field Office have been placed on administrative leave after the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Trump in Butler, Pa.
The Secret Service has approved a plan to use bulletproof glass around former President Trump’s podium to allow him to resume outdoor campaign rallies.
