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The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General released a 64-page report on July 2, 2026, outlining multiple security failures during the July 13, 2024, rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The document describes missed radio transmissions, drone detection issues, and coordination problems between agencies.
msnbc.comThe Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General released a 64-page report on July 2, 2026, that identified several Secret Service security lapses at the July 13, 2024, campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Fox News reported that Thomas Matthew Crooks flew a drone undetected for nearly nine minutes at 102 feet altitude and 471 yards from the stage less than three hours before the event.
The Secret Service counter-drone system on site malfunctioned and was not operational during the flight.
The report stated that the Secret Service missed 102 radio transmissions about Crooks on a nearby roof with a long gun. Agents received only five phone calls and three text messages about the suspect because the Secret Service and local law enforcement operated from separate locations 257 yards apart with limited radio connectivity.
"The Secret Service’s overall lack of policy and processes coupled with limited intelligence sharing and poor collaboration and communication with protectee staff and state and local law enforcement set the conditions that led to missing opportunities to prevent and detect the attempted assassination," the report states.
Crooks fired eight shots from the roof of the American Glass Research International building 155 yards from the stage. Donald Trump was grazed in the ear. Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed, and two other spectators were critically injured.
The Secret Service failed to share intelligence about a long-distance threat with the Pittsburgh field office and agents on site. It also did not secure the area outside the security perimeter or block Crooks’ line of sight despite identifying the vulnerability during advance walkthroughs.
Trump campaign staff rejected a proposal to use trucks to obstruct the view from the AGR complex because it would interfere with press photographs.
An agent proposed a secondary location but did not verify that the equipment had been moved. The report recommends mandatory threat communication, enhanced counter-drone training, and a formal process to document and block line-of-sight vulnerabilities.
Paul Eckloff, a former Secret Service agent, told Fox News Digital that communications problems stemmed from too many command posts and that the site should never have been used due to the roof’s line of sight.
These outlets didn't split into competing frames — coverage was uniform.
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