The Secret Service agent who was in charge of developing and executing the failed security plan for the 2024 rally where President Trump was nearly killed has been suspended and is under internal agency investigation for allegedly improperly reporting her relationship with and eventual marriage to a foreign national, several sources told RealClearPolitics.
This suspension is the third one in a year and a half for the agent, Myosoty “Miyo” Perez, who served as the “site agent” for the Butler campaign rally where a would-be assassin shot Trump’s ear, killed retired firefighter Corey Comperatore, and seriously injured two others in the crowd.
A site agent is in charge of planning and executing the security plan for rallies and other events that presidential and vice-presidential candidates, as well as presidents and vice presidents along with Cabinet officials attend. Others, such as the lead agent and counterparts from local field offices, as well as supervisors, also usually contribute.
Congressional investigations that examined the Butler failures faulted Perez for not placing any Secret Service or local police asset on top of the American Glass Building where would-be assassin Thomas Crooks fired off his shots, among other security problems at Butler. Yet the probes also questioned why the Secret Service allowed an inexperienced agent to be placed in such a crucial role at an outdoor rally with thousands of people in attendance. The decision to have Perez in a leading security role for the Butler rally is even more concerning considering that top-level Secret Service officials, including current Secret Service Director Sean Curran who was serving as the Trump campaign detail leader at the time, had been briefed on an Iranian threat to Trump’s life.
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