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Two reports released over the weekend detail the Secret Service's "security failures" before the July 13, 2024, rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where 20-year-old Thomas Crooks attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.

One report from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs "reveals a disturbing pattern of communication failures and negligence" within the agency; separate analysis from the Government Accountability Office found that senior-level Secret Service agents knew about an ongoing threat to Trump at the time, but that the agency's "siloed practice for sharing classified threat information" kept the teams in charge of security for the Butler rally in the dark. Neither report discusses the gunman's motives.

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