WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is facing some tough headlines as more details emerge surrounding the attempted assassination of Former President Donald Trump. However, on Friday, it was Homeland Security reviewing actions from the protective agency.
WUSA9 has obtained the Department of Homeland Security's 77-page review of how the Secret Service handled the Capitol Riots on Jan. 6, 2021. In the document, the agency says the Secret Service didn't anticipate the level of violence that brewed that day.
Additionally, the protective agency reportedly did not use all means to detect explosives near the capitol, leading then Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to come within 20 feet of a pipe bomb, which had been placed near the building a night earlier.
"The Vice President-elect, traveling in an armored vehicle with her motorcade, entered the building via a ramp within 20 feet of the pipe bomb, and was in the building for approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes before the pipe bomb was discovered and she was subsequently evacuated," the review reads.
The pipe bomb was later discovered by a pair of United States Capitol Police officers who were patrolling the area after a similar pipe bomb was found at the Republican National Committee building a few blocks away. However, that discovery was made nearly an hour after Harris had arrived.
"More than a year later, the Secret Service initiated and completed an update to its policy to address gaps identified in its processes that may have contributed to the failure to discover the pipe bomb," the review reads.
More than three years later, no arrests have been made in regard to the pipe bomb. The FBI is offering a $500,000 reward for information leading to the attempted bomber's arrest and conviction.