An American audit reveals the Secret Service’s handling of march incidents since 2015 and the delay in updating security regulations even after the attempt to assassinate Trump.

A US government audit said that the US Secret Service has been dealing with incidents related to civilian marches since at least 2015. At that time, a march approached President Barack Obama's motorcade in Hawaii, and in 2016, another march flew approximately 60 meters above participants in a campaign rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Several other quadcopters were also spotted during the inauguration of President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., in January 2021.

According to the report, security regulations were not amended to protect senior officials until after the attempted assassination of Trump in 2024.

The audit also revealed that 8 out of 22 security regulations were not reviewed within the required time frames, even though they must be updated every four years. One of these regulations, regarding US vice president's international travel security, has not occurred since July 2001.

On July 13, 2024, Trump was subjected to an assassination attempt during an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The then US President was hit by a bullet in his ear, one of the rally participants was killed, and two others were injured.

According to the Secret Service, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired from the roof of a building outside the assembly area and was killed at the scene.

Crooks used a rally to plan an assassination attempt on Trump and launched the march unhindered just hours before the rally to reconnoiter the area.