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Al Jazeera Staff

INSANE: Trump shooting us gov t watchdog probing secret service security plan | Vintage Vibes

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump is covered by US Secret Service agents after being shot at the Pennsylvania campaign rally on July 13 [Evan Vucci/AP Photo]

An independent, government-appointed watchdog in the United States has opened an investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of security for Donald Trump on the day the former US president was shot during a Pennsylvania rally.

In a brief notice on the US Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general office’s website, the agency said the probe aims to “evaluate the [Secret Service’s] process for securing” Trump’s July 13 campaign event.

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