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Secret Service agents on leave after Trump assassination attempt shows accountability, Butler leaders say
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — More than a month since the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, the Secret Service has placed the head of its Pittsburgh office and multiple other agents on leave.
Sources confirm that as a result of the Secret Service’s investigation, the Pittsburgh special agent in charge, three others with the Pittsburgh field office and one agent with Trump’s detail have been placed on leave.
Thomas Crooks opened fire at a Trump rally in Butler County on July 13, killing Corey Comparatore and wounding three people, including Trump.
Butler Township manager Tom Knights says he’s not surprised by the move, saying it perhaps shows some sign of accountability.
“I’m glad that every report that’s been received has gotten the credibility necessary for the investigation,” said Knights.
“Certainly appreciate the factual account of everything that is being brought to light,” he added.
When asked if he thought there was any political pressure, Knights responded, “Oh, I’m sure there was but I still like to think that the integrity of the investigation is intact.”
Leslie Osche, the chair of the Butler County commissioners, isn’t surprised either.
“Everybody wants an answer, we all want an answer. We all want it immediate because that’s who we are as people. Everybody wants to know everything today,” Osche said.
“I have optimism that we’re taking steps to do better and that every agency at every level should be following suit,” Osche said.
A Secret Service spokesperson responded to the news in a statement, saying, “We are examining the processes, procedures and factors that led to this operational failure. The U.S. Secret Service holds our personnel to the highest professional standards, and any identified and substantiated violations of policy will be investigated.”
The news comes as U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter to Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. saying that a whistleblower says Secret Service headquarters told agents working the Trump rally not to request additional manpower resources for the rally and warned any such requests would be denied. Rowe has testified to Congress, saying no resources were ever denied.
“Certainly there should be accountability but I think it starts with the leadership,” Osche said. “I think leadership at all levels should be taking accountability for this, at every level, local, state and federal.”
Osche said it’s Secret Service’s responsibility to protect “the high-risk official.”
“For planning for the event, the buck stops with the Secret Service,” Osche said.
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Yellowstone hiker burned when she falls into scalding water near Old Faithful, park officials say
Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. — A New Hampshire woman suffered severe burns on her leg after hiking off-trail in Yellowstone National Park and falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser, park officials said.
The 60-year-old woman from Windsor, New Hampshire, along with her husband and their leashed dog were walking off a designated trail near the Mallard Lake Trailhead on Monday afternoon when she broke through a thin crust over the water and suffered second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg, park officials said. Her husband and the dog weren’t injured.
The woman was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho for treatment.
National Park Service / Jacob W. Frank
Park visitors are reminded to stay on boardwalks and trails in hydrothermal areas and exercise extreme caution. The ground in those areas is fragile and thin and there’s scalding water just below the surface, park officials said.
Pets are allowed in limited, developed areas of Yellowstone park but are prohibited on boardwalks, hiking trails, in the backcountry and in thermal areas.
The incident is under investigation. The woman’s name wasn’t made public.
This is the first known thermal injury in Yellowstone in 2024, park officials said in a statement. The park had recorded 3.5 million visitors through August this year.
Hot springs have injured and killed more people in Yellowstone National Park than any other natural feature, the National Park Service said. At least 22 people have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around the 3,471-square-mile national park since 1890, park officials have said.
TRENTON, N.J. — Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has defeated Republican small businessman Carmen Bucco in a contest in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District that opened up because of the death of Rep. Donald Payne Jr. in April.
McIver will serve out the remainder of Payne’s term, which ends in January. She and Bucco will face a rematch on the November ballot for the full term.
McIver said in a statement Wednesday that she stands on the “shoulders of giants,” naming Payne as chief among them.
She cast ahead to the November election, saying the right to make reproductive health choices was on the ballot as well as whether the economy should benefit the wealthy or “hard working Americans.”
“I will fight because the purpose of politics and the purpose of our vote is to give the people of our communities and our nation a bold voice,” she said.
Bucco congratulated McIver on the victory in a statement but said he’s looking forward to the rematch in November.
“I am not going anywhere,” he said in an email. “We still have a second chance to make district 10 great again!”
Who are LaMonica McIver and Carmen Bucco?
McIver emerged as the Democratic candidate in a crowded field in the July special election. A member of the city council of New Jersey’s biggest city since 2018, she also worked for Montclair Public Schools as a personnel director and plans to focus on affordability, infrastructure, abortion rights and “protecting our democracy,” she told The Associated Press earlier this summer.
Bucco describes himself on his campaign website as a small-business owner influenced by his upbringing in the foster system. He lists support for law enforcement and ending corruption as top issues.
The 10th District lies in a heavily Democratic and majority-Black region of northern New Jersey. Republicans are outnumbered by more than 6 to 1.
It’s been a volatile year for Democrats in New Jersey, where the party dominates state government and the congressional delegation.
Among the developments were the conviction on federal bribery charges of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who has denied the charges, and the demise of the so-called county party line — a system in which local political leaders give their preferred candidates favorable position on the primary ballot.
Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, who’s running for Menendez’s seat, and other Democrats brought a federal lawsuit challenging the practice as part of his campaign to oust Menendez, who has resigned since his conviction.
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