Secret Service suspends 6 agents tasked with protecting Trump during July 2024 assassination attempt

Six Secret Amenity agents were suspended without pay or benefits following a gunman's attempt to take President Donald Trump's life at a Pennsylvania rally last July Matt Quinn the agency's deputy director explained CBS News on Wednesday that they weren't going to fire their way out of this but did say they are laser focused on fixing the root cause of the challenge Quinn explained the outlet that the agents' penalty ranged from to days of unpaid leave adding that they were placed in restricted roles with less responsibility once they returned to the job He noted the disciplinary actions were in accordance with a federally mandated process Fox News Digital reached out to the Secret Institution for independent confirmation but did not hear back by the time of publication TRUMP DIRECTS SECRET FUNCTION TO GIVE HIM EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINS REPORTThe agency faced heavy criticism following the safeguard failure which allowed gunman Thomas Crooks to open fire toward the rally's stage in Butler Pennsylvania on July Corey Comperatore a -year-old firefighter father and husband attending the rally was killed while Trump's ear was grazed by a bullet and two other men were injured by gunfire Crooks was killed by a Secret Facility sniper FOX NATION REVEALS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE FROM TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN BUTLER Secret Operation is totally accountable for Butler Quinn revealed to CBS Butler was an operational failure and we are focused currently on ensuring that it never happens again He also explained the agency is focusing on the root cause of the operational failure and fixing the deficiencies that put us in that situation Since the Butler rally Quinn commented the Secret Amenity has introduced a new fleet of military-grade drones and mobile command posts to improve radio communications with local law enforcement The agency faced more criticism weeks later when a second assassination attempt on Trump took place in West Palm Beach Florida Though it was stopped then-Secret System Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned and the agency underwent several investigations and congressional hearings A bipartisan House task force circulated a -page summary in December stating that the development in Butler was preventable citing preexisting leadership and training issues that created an climate where prevention failures were feasible CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In the document lawmakers also pointed out that the Secret Amenity did not coordinate or plan well with local law enforcement