Secret Service Disaster—Six Suspended, Truth Buried

After a year of unanswered questions about the near-fatal Trump rally shooting in Butler, Senator Josh Hawley is publicly demanding DHS Secretary Kristi Noem declassify every document tied to the failed assassination—leaving Americans wondering what the government is still hiding, and why.

At a Glance

Senator Hawley calls for full declassification of all Trump Butler rally assassination attempt documents.
Senate report reveals severe Secret Service failures and suspends six agents, but no firings.
The FBI investigation remains active, with the shooter’s motive still unclear.
Public confidence in government transparency and security protocols is at a breaking point.

Senator Hawley Exposes Security Blunders and Demands Answers

On the one-year mark since the shocking attempt on Donald Trump’s life at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally, Senator Josh Hawley has had enough of the bureaucratic stonewalling. Hawley sent a blistering letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, demanding the immediate release of every document tied to the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt that left one attendee dead and Trump himself wounded. Americans are fed up with government agencies hiding behind red tape, especially when it’s about something this serious. There’s no excusing the fact that a 20-year-old managed to climb onto a rooftop, aim a rifle at a former president, and pull the trigger—while the Secret Service twiddled its thumbs and ignored glaring security risks.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee’s new report spells out what everyone with common sense already suspected: the Secret Service dropped the ball, big time. Whistleblowers described rampant negligence and warnings that were brushed aside. Six agents were suspended without pay—not fired, just suspended—for their part in the disaster. It’s hard to fathom how these folks keep their jobs after such a “compounding pattern of negligence, sloppiness, and gross incompetence,” as the Senate report puts it. The American people deserve to know exactly who failed, why they failed, and what’s being done to ensure it never happens again.

Bureaucratic Evasion and the Fight for Transparency

The feds are circling the wagons, with the FBI still treating the case as an “active investigation.” Translation: don’t expect answers any time soon. Hawley is rightly calling out the Secret Service, FBI, and DHS for “evading real accountability” and dragging their feet on releasing critical details. After a year, it’s beyond ridiculous that the key questions remain unanswered. How did the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, get so close? Why were repeated warnings about the building’s vulnerability ignored? Why is the public still in the dark about the shooter’s true motive?

Political games and bureaucratic cover-ups have no place when the life of a former president—and the integrity of our democracy—is on the line. Americans remember how the previous administration acted like transparency was a four-letter word. Now, with new leadership in the White House, there’s no excuse for letting the bureaucrats slow-walk and whitewash this investigation. The only way to restore trust is to let the truth see daylight, no matter how embarrassing it is for the agencies involved.

National Security and Public Trust Hanging by a Thread

The fallout from the Butler rally shooting goes way beyond one tragic day. The attempted assassination of Donald Trump has shattered any illusion that our political leaders are safe—and that the agencies charged with protecting them are up to the task. Trump’s campaign was thrown into chaos, security at political events is costing taxpayers more than ever, and Americans are left wondering who’s really in control. The families of the wounded, and of the man killed that day, want justice. The public wants to know that our leaders are protected, and that government agencies are held accountable when they fail.

Experts and whistleblowers aren’t mincing words: this was a preventable tragedy. The Senate report, built from months of interviews and document reviews, lays out the failures in black and white. Unless the government gets serious about transparency and reform, there’s nothing stopping another would-be assassin from slipping through the cracks. The ball is in Secretary Noem’s court now—will she side with the American people or with the bureaucrats circling their wagons?