Probe launched into US Secret Service handling of security at Trump rally

Mr Trump was injured in an assassination attempt at the rally in Pennsylvania (AP)

The US department of homeland security’s inspector general is investigating the Secret Service’s handling of security for former president Donald Trump on the day a gunman tried to assassinate him at a Pennsylvania rally.

The agency said on its website that the objective is to evaluate the service’s “process for securing former President Trump’s July 13 2024 campaign event”.