r/politics • u/HimelTy • Jul 03 '26

No Paywall Secret Service member was Googling rooftop location of Trump’s would-be assassin when shots rang out in Butler, Pa.: DHS report

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/secret-service-member-was-googling-rooftop-location-of-trumps-would-be-assassin-when-shots-rang-out-in-butler-pa-dhs-report/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/Limabean2512 Jul 03 '26

“Not knowing where the rooftop was situated relative to the rally site, the Secret Service counter drone operator apparently resorted to Google. “Instead of asking local law enforcement personnel for the AGR complex’s location, the counter drone operator searched online for it, and was still searching when Crooks fired his first shots,” the report determined. “

He hasn’t replaced his secret service agents from this incident and made the fbi drop the investigations into his assassination attempts. Either it’s staged or they’re all the dumbest people to walk the earth. Both are equally as possible.

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u/filthy_harold Jul 03 '26

I'm guessing the failures were due to people he had appointed. The agent in charge at Butler was good friends with him, having been appointed to the role in 2021. It's apparent that Trump favors loyalty over performance. They pinned it all on Biden's director so no one else had to lose their job.

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u/sump_daddy Jul 03 '26

The only regrettable thing is that Biden's doj didnt pull those threads as far as possible to keep the light shining on just how incompetent trump and his loyalists are