GAO Report reveals US Secret Service was aware of threat to Trump 10 days before assassination attempt

A new report by the Government Accountability Office reveals that senior officials at the U.S. Secret Service were briefed about a classified threat to Donald Trump’s life 10 days before an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, but failed to warn agents on the ground. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R‑Iowa, disclosed the findings in a post on X, saying the agency “sat on” the intelligence instead of sharing it.The GAO report, completed at Grassley’s request, states that on July 3, 2024—just after the Secret Service’s Pittsburgh field office learned of Trump’s scheduled Butler rally—agency leaders were briefed on a specific classified threat. The information was not passed to field agents or local law enforcement tasked with security at the rally 10 days lat
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