Serious punishment for the Secret Service agents
Of course not. Why would there be.
The President is nearly assassinated, a man is murdered, two others grievously injured because of egregious incompetence, and the max punishment for those responsible is… a month unpaid vacation?
Kevin Clinesmith, the FBI lawyer who fabricated evidence in the context of the Russia-Gate hoax, got a more severe punishment. And his punishment was a joke!
That was my first reaction reading this news.
Maybe it’s the “legal” way of weeding out the incompetence / corruption. They can’t fire these Secret Service agents, so humiliate them with a brief (symbolic) unpaid leave, demote them, and they will be so ashamed they will not return to the force.
Maybe.
But I don’t for the life of me believe they could not fire (or worse) those who were at the helm of that failure that nearly saw Trump murdered live on TV.
The President is nearly assassinated, a man is murdered, two others grievously injured because of egregious incompetence, and the max punishment for those responsible is… a month unpaid vacation?
Kevin Clinesmith, the FBI lawyer who fabricated evidence in the context of the Russia-Gate hoax, got a more severe punishment. And his punishment was a joke!
That was my first reaction reading this news.
Maybe it’s the “legal” way of weeding out the incompetence / corruption. They can’t fire these Secret Service agents, so humiliate them with a brief (symbolic) unpaid leave, demote them, and they will be so ashamed they will not return to the force.
Maybe.
But I don’t for the life of me believe they could not fire (or worse) those who were at the helm of that failure that nearly saw Trump murdered live on TV.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secret-service-suspends-6-agents-tasked-protecting-trump-during-july-2024-assassination-attempt