Secret Service suspended 6 personnel without pay or benefits after Trump assassination attempt [View all]
Source: CBS News
Updated on: July 9, 2025 / 7:53 PM EDT
Washington — Secret Service suspended six personnel without pay as the agency faced intense scrutiny after the assassination attempt against President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, nearly a year ago.
Matt Quinn, Secret Service deputy director, told CBS News that their penalty ranged from 10 to 42 days of leave without pay or benefits. The personnel were placed into restricted duty or roles with less operational responsibility upon their return.
"We are laser-focused on fixing the root cause of the problem," said Quinn, who defended the agency's decision not to dismiss anyone after the security failure on July 13, 2024, in which a gunman opened fire during a campaign rally and a bullet grazed Mr. Trump's ear. One person was killed and two others were wounded while the alleged gunman, Thomas Crooks, was killed by a Secret Service sniper.
"We aren't going to fire our way out of this," Quinn said in an interview Wednesday. "We're going to focus on the root cause and fix the deficiencies that put us in that situation." "Secret Service is totally accountable for Butler," he said. "Butler was an operational failure and we are focused today on ensuring that it never happens again."
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