NEW: Secret Service Places Multiple Agents on Leave in Assassination Probe

The U.S. Secret Service has placed multiple agents on leave, including the head of the Pittsburgh field office, as a result of its investigation into last month's assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, according to a source familiar with the matter.  ...

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Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi declined to confirm the agents were placed on leave, saying he would not comment on a personnel matter. But he said the service's "mission assurance review is progressing, and we are examining the processes, procedures and factors that led to this operational failure."

Ed Morrissey

It's been almost six weeks since the shooting, and these agents are only now being placed on leave? It suggests that the investigators have found new reasons to impose some sort of restriction on their employment. Had they been suspended the following Monday, it might have looked procedural. This looks like ... something else. 

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