Senate investigation reports 'foreseeable' and 'preventable' Secret Service failures in Trump assassination attempt
A new report says Secret Service failures surrounding the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump were "foreseeable" and "preventable."
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's report says the Secret Service knew about the shooter nearly two minutes before he opened fire.
The report also says a local officer sent an alert less than 30 seconds before the shooting, warning of an armed person on a building near the stage where Trump was speaking.
A Secret Service sniper saw the officers with guns drawn running toward the shooter's location but did not notify anyone to get Trump off the stage, according to the report.
The investigation found no clear chain of command among police agencies. Communication was delayed due to law enforcement operating on different radio channels, and there has been finger-pointing over which agency was responsible for securing the building from where the shooter fired.
The report, along with others from the House and Secret Service, is expected to come up during a hearing at the Capitol on Thursday. Witnesses will include a former Secret Service agent as well as Pennsylvania state and local police.