Trump’s Secret Service Issues URGENT Statement

An independent panel investigating the July assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has uncovered "deep flaws" within the Secret Service that allowed the attack to occur.
To fulfill its critical mission of protecting high-ranking government officials worldwide, the panel also called for "fundamental reform" within the agency.
In a letter signed by all four members, the review panel reported discovering "numerous mistakes" during its investigation into the attempt on Trump’s life. However, it also emphasized "deeper systemic issues that must be addressed with urgency."
"The Secret Service as an agency requires fundamental reform to carry out its mission," the panel asserted. "Without that reform, the Independent Review Panel believes another Butler can and will happen again."
The panel dedicated its findings to the families of James Copenhaver and David Dutch, who were wounded in the attack, as well as Corey Comperatore, who lost his life.
"These actions will be responsive not only to the security failures that led to the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt but, importantly, to what the Independent Review Panel describes as systemic and foundational issues that underlie those failures," the panel stated.
Additionally, the panel raised "deeper concerns" regarding the agency, highlighting "corrosive cultural attitudes" toward resource allocation, a "lack of clarity" over security ownership at a protectee’s location, and a "troubling lack of critical thinking" by Secret Service personnel in the days leading up to and following the attack.
The report also criticized Trump’s detail regarding the selection of agents for security-critical duties and his reluctance to take direct responsibility for security planning at the Butler rally, describing it as an "insufficiently experienced-based approach" by Secret Service leadership.
These failures "reveal deep flaws in the Secret Service, including some that appear to be systemic or cultural," according to the report.
To address the issues identified, the panel recommended refocusing the agency on its "core protective mission" and appointing new leadership with external agency experience.
"The Secret Service must be the world’s leading governmental protective organization," the report stated. "The events at Butler on July 13 demonstrate that, currently, it is not."
In response, President Donald Trump nominated Sean Curran, who has been leading his personal Secret Service detail, as the new director of the U.S. Secret Service.
Curran was already a leading candidate for the position, having been among the quick-thinking agents who rushed to Trump’s aid during the July 13 attack.
Trump referred to Curran’s appointment as an "honor" in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.
"Sean is a Great Patriot, who has protected my family over the past few years, and that is why I trust him to lead the Brave Men and Women of the United States Secret Service," the president wrote.
"He is a brilliant leader, who is capable of directing and leading operational security plans for some of the most complex Special Security Events in the History of our Country, and the World. He proved his fearless courage when he risked his own life to help save mine from an assassin’s bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania. I have complete and total confidence in Sean to make the United States Secret Service stronger than ever before," Trump stated on Truth Social.
Additionally, Trump announced late Wednesday that Andrew F. Puzder will serve as the new U.S. ambassador to the European Union.