The shocking suspension of six Secret Service agents tied to the failed assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, has reignited fury over the agency’s glaring security lapses. As reported by Fox News’ Jesse Watters, the identities of the suspended agents remain undisclosed, but their negligence allowed would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks to perch on a rooftop, take aim, and nearly kill the 45th President. While CBS News downplays the consequences—claiming the agents were merely suspended without pay before being shuffled into “restricted duty roles”—the American people demand real accountability.
🚨BREAKING: Six Secret Service agents suspended over the Butler, PA assassination attempt on President Trump. pic.twitter.com/TJNZr3z6qJ
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 10, 2025
Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn’s weak justification, “We aren’t going to fire our way out of this,” is precisely the kind of bureaucratic cowardice that enabled this disaster. Quinn admitted, “Butler was an operational failure,” yet the agents responsible aren’t being terminated—they’re being protected. This is the same agency that failed to secure the rooftop, ignored local police warnings, and didn’t even bother picking up their radios, leaving officers frantically scrambling to stop a shooter on their own.
EXCLUSIVE: The Secret Service suspended six personnel without pay as the agency faced intense scrutiny after the assassination attempt against President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, nearly a year ago.
Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn tells CBS News' @NicoleSganga… pic.twitter.com/pjqH4V6pGg
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) July 9, 2025
Local Heroes, Federal Failures
Bodycam footage exposes the chaos: A Butler Township police officer, risking his life alone, spotted Crooks on the roof and screamed over the radio—only to realize the Secret Service wasn’t listening. “Before you motherfckers came up here, I popped my head up there like an idiot by myself, dude,”* the officer raged. “Then he turned around and I fcking dropped, and I started fcking, I was calling out, ‘Bro, fcking on top of the roof.’ Fcking, we’re not on the same frequency?”
This is the full clip.
1- shots on trump
2- ss returns fire
3- you hear “shooter is down”
4- they stand trump up
5- he asks to get his shoes
6- fist pumps and fightTruly unreal.
— tyler hogge (@thogge) July 13, 2024
This damning evidence proves that while local law enforcement acted heroically, the Secret Service’s incompetence nearly cost President Trump his life. The liberal media, however, continues to deflect, downplaying the severity of the failures and refusing to scrutinize the deeper questions: How did Crooks—a lone gunman—bypass all security protocols? Why was his drone activity ignored? And why is the Biden administration’s Secret Service leadership still in place after such catastrophic negligence?
Bodycam footage shows that, even after shots were fired, it took police FIVE MINUTES to reach the location of Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/i23PUjE006
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 8, 2024
Standing With Trump
President Trump, a relentless fighter for the American people, survived this brazen attack thanks to sheer luck and the quick actions of a few brave individuals—not the Secret Service. The same agency that failed him in 2024 must now face a complete overhaul. The American people deserve answers, not half-measures and suspended paychecks. The Deep State’s incompetence cannot be allowed to endanger our leaders—or our democracy—ever again.