An independent panel of former law enforcement officials appointed under Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recommended a complete overhaul of Secret Service leadership after reviewing the agency’s security failures that led to the near assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania this summer.

An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally is faulting the Secret Service for poor communications that day in July and failing to secure the building where the gunman took his shots.

The panel found “numerous mistakes” and “specific failures” by the agency and warned that “another Butler can and will happen again” unless “fundamental reform“ is enactaed

An independent panel called for new leadership at the Secret Service, mostly from the outside, saying the protective agency needs an overhaul.

Panel examining assassination attempt against Trump in Pennsylvania says the Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform’

An independent panel probing the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, found "deeper systemic issues that must be addressed with urgency."