‘Secret Service responsible for failures ahead of Trump assassination attempt’

Former President Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Picture: Evan Vucci/AP

Members of a bipartisan House taskforce investigating the assassination attempts on former US president Donald Trump has emphasised that the Secret Service was responsible for the failures in planning and communication, not local authorities.

Mr Trump was wounded and one man was killed when a gunman opened fire at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.