Report Alleges Secret Service Knew Of Butler Threat

(WPXI) A newly released report found the U.S. Secret Service knew of a threat to President Donald Trump’s life more than a week before an assassination attempt at his Butler rally, but never relayed the information. The report is from the Government Accountability Office and was commissioned by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. During the July 13 rally, Trump was hit in the ear, and attendee Corey Comperatore was killed after gunman Thomas Crooks started shooting. The report states the Secret Service received classified intelligence about a threat to Trump’s life 10 days before the Butler rally, but never relayed that information to federal and local law enforcement tasked with securing the event. The threat was reportedly “not specific to the July 13 rally or gunman.” The release of this report comes days after Channel 11 learned six Secret Service agents involved in securing the property at the Butler Farm Show were suspended without pay.