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# Six Secret Service agents punished over Trump assassination attempt

> WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - Six Secret Service agents on duty during last year's assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally received suspensions ranging from 10 to 42 days, the agency said on Thursday.

By Reuters · Published 11 July 2025, 07:11 SAST · Updated 11 July 2025, 07:11 SAST

## Key points
- In a plot twist worthy of a political thriller, the Secret Service faces scrutiny and a director's resignation after a gunman turned a Trump rally into a deadly shooting gallery, prompting the agency to scramble for a rooftop oversight plan that even a rookie cop would have thought of.
- A gunman opened fire at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, injuring Trump and others, resulting in two fatalities.
- The Secret Service faced scrutiny after the incident, leading to the resignation of its director and suspensions of unnamed agents.
- Trump criticized the agency for failing to station agents on the rooftop and not coordinating with local police.
- The Secret Service has begun implementing recommendations to enhance security, including measures for golf courses following a separate threat.

## Content

By Jasper Ward

The Secret Service did not identify the agents or disclose specific grounds for their suspensions.

A gunman opened fire at Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, while the candidate was speaking on stage. The shooter accessed a nearby rooftop with a direct line of sight to the former president.

Trump and others were injured, and a bystander and the shooter were killed. Multiple investigations were launched into the Secret Service, and its director resigned.

Trump said in an interview that will air on Saturday that the Secret Service erred by not stationing an agent on the rooftop and not including local police in the communications system.

"So there were mistakes made. And that shouldn't have happened," he said during an interview with Fox News' "My View with Lara Trump."

Secret Service Director Sean Curran, who was the agent in charge of Trump's security detail at the rally, said in a statement: "The agency has taken many steps to ensure such an event can never be repeated in the future."

The Secret Service said it has implemented 21 of 46 recommendations made by congressional oversight bodies. Sixteen other recommendations were in progress and nine were not directed at the Secret Service, it said.

The Secret Service said it was implementing protective measures for golf courses. After the Butler assassination attempt, a man with a gun hid near a Trump-owned golf course in Florida with the intent to kill the then-Republican presidential candidate.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by Frank McGurty and Cynthia Osterman)