Multiple Secret Service agents ‘put on leave’ over Donald Trump assassination attempt by Thomas Matthew Crooks

A report has revealed that several Secret Service agents have been suspended amid the investigation into the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

The officer in charge of the Pittsburgh field officers is one of those involved, MSNBC he said Friday morning.

The July 13 shooting of the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania, has sparked multiple investigations that are still ongoing.

Republican Rep. Mike Waltz told DailyMail.com earlier this week that he was not convinced the would-be killer acted alone.

He said the shooter’s motive remains unknown and he is concerned that a foreign entity or other third party could be involved in the attack.

Waltz questioned how federal law enforcement can say with certainty that Crooks was a lone wolf if they can’t answer other questions, such as why he had multiple offshore accounts for encrypted messaging.

His comments came after it emerged that Iran was also planning an attack on the former president around the same time Crooks was carrying out his plan.

“The more we dig into it, the more questions I have,” Waltz said. “It’s what’s coming out around it that’s so disturbing.

“What I find most disturbing is that there are plans underway in Iran to take out a former presidential candidate, and a Pakistani national has just been arrested after making a down payment for hitmen, and this is barely in the news.”

The 20-year-old Crooks managed to make several explosives using remote detonators, which also raised Waltz’s eyebrows and made him wonder if he had help.

Thomas Matthew Crooks pictured at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 before he opened fire on the crowd and the former president

Crooks, 20, was shot dead on the spot by the U.S. Secret Service after killing a rallygoer, critically wounding two other supporters and barely missing Trump’s ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13.

While the FBI, the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and the Department of Homeland Security investigate the massive security lapse, Waltz and 12 other lawmakers on a House task force are also investigating the attempted assassination.

I don’t understand, and I don’t have any answers yet that can help me understand how the [Secret] “The service and DHS came out so quickly and said — and I think the FBI did, but I’ll have to check — and said, he was acting alone,” Waltz said while speaking to DailyMail.com at Trump Tower in Chicago on Wednesday. “How do you know that after just a couple of days of investigation?”

The Florida congressman added: “You can’t tell us his motive, but you can tell us he acted alone? You can’t get to those encrypted offshore accounts, but you can tell us he acted alone? So, I don’t believe that yet.”

Crooks was shot and killed by the Secret Service after leading a raid on Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

A bullet fired from his AR-style weapon, which his father purchased legally, grazed the former president’s right ear.

Crooks killed one protester and seriously wounded two others before being knocked out.

The FBI also found explosives in Crooks’ car, which was parked at the rally site. And when they searched his parents’ house, where he lived, they found more bombs.

“I don’t know many 19-year-old kids who can make multiple IEDs with a remote detonator,” Waltz told DailyMail.com. “Why hasn’t that been picked up if he’s looking online or buying literature on how to do it?”