The Secret Service has come in for steep criticism since the near-assassination, facing allegations that they were unprepared and understaffed for the event.
He’s returning to the scene of the crime.
Former President Trump is expected to make a triumphant return to Butler, PA, tonight, just months after he narrowly survived a would-be assassin’s bullet.
The U.S. Secret Service flooded the site this week after facing withering criticism that it was unprepared and understaffed during the July 13 stump speech-turned-assassination attempt that stunned the world.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, managed to get off a shot at Trump from a sloped roof just 130 yards from the former president, nicking him in the ear and causing pandemonium before being killed by a Secret Service sniper.
After the eight shots rang out, a bloodied Trump raised his fist and said “fight” as he was rushed off stage by agents. The image has become iconic.
The attack left a 50-year-old retired fire chief in the audience dead and two others severely injured.
Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigned in July after facing bipartisan outrage over agency failures.
