“A new report on the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump says the agency has been hampered by its dual mission of protecting top political figures and investigating financial and cyber crimes. The agency should consider narrowing its focus to just protection, the report says.
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Critics of the proposal argue that narrowing the agency’s responsibilities could worsen its existing recruitment and retention problems. And they say the security lapses that allowed a gunman to open fire at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, had nothing to do with the Secret Service’s crime-fighting work.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/17/secret-service-mission-trump-shooting-00184293