Trump assassination attempt: Secret Service 400 employees short of what Congress authorized: report

The Secret Service is currently operating with about 400 fewer employees than what Congress has authorized as the agency is facing fresh scrutiny in the wake of the second Trump assassination attempt, a report says. As of February, there were 7,879 people employed by the Secret Service, according to government records viewed by Reuters, which falls short of the around 8,300 staffers that the agency’s annual budget calls for. "The Secret Service does not have the resources, it doesn’t have the bodies," former agent Bill Gage told the news agency....