Homeland Security names independent panel to review Trump assassination attempt

The panel will have 45 days to review the policies and procedures of the Secret Service before, during and after the rally on July 13 where a gunman fired at Mr Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania

Presidential candidate former president Donald Trump is surrounded by US Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage at a campaign rally in Butler Picture: Gene J Puskar/AP

US Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review this month’s assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, officials said.

The panel members will have “extensive law enforcement and security experience to conduct a 45-day independent review of the planning for and actions taken by the US Secret Service and state and local authorities before, during, and after the rally, and the US Secret Service governing policies and procedures,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.