The Secret Service finally announced that it was placing five agents on leave following the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

In true “hand it to the government” spirit, it only took SIX WEEKS for someone to be held accountable and punished for the colossal security breakdown involving the former president. As always, the federal government never disappoints when it comes to stalling and taking its time on important decisions – just look at our Congress.

As details emerged about the utter incompetence in security (or lack thereof) for the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, everyone was left wondering: How? How could the Secret Service make such a mistake that gunman Thomas Crowe was not only able to climb to an elevated position on a rooftop just a few hundred feet from Trump, but was also able to fire multiple shots before he himself was taken out.

What made it even worse was the fact that no one was held accountable, even though the failures were so egregious. Hell, it took TEN DAYS for then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign – that’s arrogance.

In any other profession, you’d at least be placed on leave for the duration of an investigation – especially when it involves the shooting of the former President of the United States! This kind of thing doesn’t happen every day – the fact that it did happen means that several people screwed up, which the agency eventually admitted by disciplining the five agents.

The agents include one of Trump’s personal security team and four other members, including the special agent in charge of the agency’s Pittsburgh field office. Others reportedly face disciplinary action.

The Secret Service suspension came just hours before Missouri Senator Josh Hawley reported a whistleblower’s statement that Secret Service headquarters had told local agents not to request additional support for the rally and that they had allegedly been told in advance that all requests would be denied.

Unfortunately, if this is true, the American people are unlikely to get answers from the Secret Service any time soon. Considering it took them a month and a half to take literally the most basic action of furloughing the agents, that means that if this continues, we will have to wait until 2027 before we finally know the facts about what happened that day in Butler, Pennsylvania.