A question that arose in the wake of the attack on Donald Trump this Saturday, July 13, is: Who looks after the US presidential candidates? In Mexico, federal and local authorities coordinated, while in the neighboring country the Secret Service is responsible.
Trump, who was president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, was at a campaign event in Pennsylvania when gunshots were heard and he had to lie on the ground while He was guarded by members of the Secret Service.
The Republican candidate stood up, blood on his face from a wound to his ear, and raised his hand in victory, as a sign that nothing serious had happened to him.
The shot would have come from the roof of a house located 150 meters from where the rally was held, and the person responsible would have been a 20-year-old young man named Thomas Crookswho used an AR-15 rifle to attack Trump’s event and was later shot dead by the Secret Service itself.
One day after the incident, the controversy surrounding the case continues, as there are those who wonder if the Secret Service could have done something more with the intention of the attack that left two people dead did not happen: Croocks and a firefighter.
Some of the people who were at the rally said they saw the attacker go up with a rifle minutes before the incident, and although they supposedly said itauthorities allegedly failed to respond to contain the man.
Donald Trump suffered an injury to his ear, although it has not yet been determined whether it was from a direct gunshot or from the broken glass of the teleprompter. Beyond that, he has no no more injuries or anything that would prevent him from continuing his campaignas he is expected to attend the Republican convention to strengthen his presidential candidacy.
What we know about the United States Secret Service
The Secret Service has been a mystery in popular culture, especially because of the use of its name in movies. Its history dates back to 1865, When the United States decided to create an agency against criminal exploitation.
Initially, its objectives were purely economic, since the idea was to protect financial and payment systems, as well as combating the counterfeiting of coins resulting from the Civil War.
Over time his responsibilities changed, and Now their priorities are protection and criminal investigation, being key to the national security efforts of the United States.
Over the years, it has acquired more and more functions within the security scheme in the United States, and is currently responsible for preventing these crimes:
- Cybercrime.
- Damage to financial services.
- Fraud in access devices and banking.
- Identity Theft.
- Computer fraud.
- Financial, banking and telecommunications hacks.
In addition to these tasks and others that are unknown, the Secret Service is responsible for ensuring safety at events of the President, in this case Joe Biden, and the Vice President, Kamala Harris, as well as other personalities of national importance, as was the case with Donald Trump.
It is not only protection at events, but it is also in charge of protecting the President, vice president, governors, visiting presidents, that is, when Andrés Manuel López Obrador goes is looked after by the Secret Service.
It is worth noting that not only political figures are protected but also their families, as well as missions abroad, the White House, the residence of the Vice President, as well as some buildings in Washington.
Due to its security duties, as well as the importance and influence of the United States, the Secret Service has active missions in different parts of the world, as well as an office in Madrid, Spain.