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07/17/2024

Homeland Security Inspector General to Investigates Secret Service Handling of Security at Trump Rally

President Biden also directed an independent review of the rally's security

On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general said it has opened an investigation into the Secret Service's handling of security for former president Donald Trump on the day a gunman tried to assassinate him at a Pennsylvania rally.

In a brief notice posted to the inspector general's website, the agency said the objective of the probe is to "Evaluate the United States Secret Service's (Secret Service) process for securing former president Trump's July 13, 2024 campaign event."

There was no date given for when the investigation was launched. The notice was among a long list of ongoing cases that the inspector general's office is pursuing.

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