Former President Trump sustained an injury to the upper part of his right ear while multiple rallygoers were injured and one man was killed.
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FormerPresidentTrumpsustainedaninjurytotheupperpartofhisrightearwhilemultiplerallygoerswereinjuredandonemanwaskilled.
TheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity’s(DHS)inspectorgeneralhasopenedaninvestigationintotheU.S.SecretService’ssecuritymeasuresduringformerPresidentDonaldTrump’scampaigneventinPennsylvaniawhereanassassinationattemptwascarriedoutonJuly13.
TheinvestigationaimstoevaluatetheSecretService’s“processforsecuringformerPresidentTrump’sJuly13,2024campaignevent,”accordingtoabriefnoticepostedontheinspectorgeneral’swebsite.
Theannouncementdidnotspecifythestartdateoftheinvestigation.PresidentJoeBidenhasalsoissuedadirectiveforanindependentreviewofthesecurityprotocolsattherally.
Theattemptedassassinationhasraisedquestionsabouthowtheshooter,identifiedas20-year-oldThomasMatthewCrooks,managedtopositionhimselfonarooftopwithaclearlineofsighttoformerPresidentTru