The former US president was wounded in the ear by gunfire during the shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on 13 July.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance during a July campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot and wounded, according to a document released Friday that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof.A five-page document summarizing the key conclusions of a yet-to-be finalized report lays bare the cascading and wide-ranging failings that preceded the July 13 shooting at a Butler, Pennsylvania at which Trump was struck in the ear by gunfire. Those include an absence of clear guidance from the Secret Service to local law enforcement, the failure to fix line-of-sight vulnerabilities at the rally grounds that left Trump open to sniper fire and “complacency” among some agents, said Ronald Rowe Jr., the agency's acting director. Though the failed response has been well-documented through congressional testimony, news media investigations and other public statements, the summary…

Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

The House of Representatives on Friday approved a Secret Service protections bill in the wake of two failed assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump.

The Secret Service has been highly scrutinized over the incident, with much of the criticism centering around the shooter’s ability to gain access to an unobstructed roof overlooking Trump’s rally.