Several Secret Service personnel were placed on leave following the numerous security failures of Donald Trump’s July 13 rally.
One agent placed on leave was in Trump’s detail.
Four other members of the Secret Service’s Pittsburgh field office, including the special agent in charge, were placed on administrative leave for six weeks.
The five agents are still employed but are not to be in the field, according to Fox News.
Anthony Guglielmi, Chief of Communications for the U.S. Secret Service, said in a statement, “The U.S. Secret Service’s mission assurance review is progressing, and we are examining the processes, procedures and factors that led to this operational failure.”
“The U.S. Secret Service holds our personnel to the highest professional standards, and any identified and substantiated violations of policy will be investigated by the Office of Professional Responsibility for potential disciplinary action. Given this is a personnel matter, we are not in a position to comment further.”
