Rebecca Santana | Associated Press
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The report into the July assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump says multiple staffers knew of clear line-of-sight risks but found them “acceptable."
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The review faulted the Secret Service for poor communications that day and failing to secure the building where the gunman took his shots.
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Lawmakers repeatedly questioned why the agency tasked with protecting the country’s top leaders didn’t do a better job communicating with local authorities during the July 13 rally.
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Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day."
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The new report lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof.