USSS assistant director encouraged to retire over Butler assassination attempt on Trump, source reveals
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A high-ranking leader within the Secret Service has been encouraged to retire following the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump, a source tells Fox News.
The Secret Service responded in a statement Tuesday that Plati "was not asked to resign or retire by anyone. This was a personal decision that he has made and we thank him for his 27 years of dedicated service to the federal government." Still, others involved in the investigation have not disputed the underlying narrative that he was encouraged to resign following the July 13 security failure in Butler that has sent shock waves through all levels of the agency.
The USSS is preparing to brief Congress in the coming days about lessons learned from the attempt on Trump's life.