The US Secret Service has placed five agents on leave after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump last month, reports claim.
The agency, which is responsible for the personal protection of senior US officials, has come under criticism after a gunman hit the Republican candidate for President in the ear in Pennsylvania in July.One agent on Trump's detail and three others in the agency's Pittsburgh office have been placed on leave, sources have told the Associated Press .
Multiple investigations have been launched as officials probe a complicated law enforcement failure that allowed a man with an AR-style rifle to get close enough to shoot and injure Mr Trump at the rally.The former president was struck in the ear but avoided serious injury.One spectator was killed and two others were injured.The shooting was a devastating failure of one of the agency’s core duties and led to the resignation of the Secret Service’s then-director, Kim Cheatle.
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