The Department of Homeland Security inspector general finds the U.S. Secret Service missed multiple warnings and failed protocols that allowed Thomas Crooks to attempt to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally, killing a bystander and grazing Donald Trump in the ear.The unredacted report, based on 92 interviews, over 70,000 documents and a 3D model reconstruction, says the agency missed more than 100 local radio transmissions, had an inoperable counter-drone system because an under-trained operator and a broken ethernet cable, and received only a handful of calls and texts warning about Crooks.The report faults chronic understaffing of more than 21 percent, 1.2M overtime hours causing burnout, poor coordination with local law enforcement, and refusal by campaign staff to block the shooter's line of sight; the OIG issues seven recommendations as
Congress weighs further oversight and some Republicans call for
Secret Service Director
Kimberly Cheatle to resign.