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A report published Monday revealed new whistleblower allegations regarding the Secret Service’s security failures and the attempted assassination on former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Senator Josh Hawley’s office published a Whistleblower Report detailing the alleged “multiple failures” of the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It also unearthed allegations that until now have not been public.

The Daily Caller reached out to the DHS and Secret Service but has not heard back at the time of publication.

Specifically, the whistleblowers allege the agent in charge of the Butler rally “failed a key examination during their federal law enforcement training to become a Secret Service agent,” according to the report. (RELATED: ‘We Live In Dangerous Times’: Secret Service, Local Officials Speak On Apparent Second Trump Assassination Attempt)

The document added that the agent was known as “low-caliber,” according to the whistleblowers.

The Secret Service’s intelligence units were also allegedly missing from Trump’s rally. The units are teams of agents that work “with state and local law enforcement to handle reports of suspicious persons,” according to the report. These units would have helped limit communication failures between law enforcement agencies, the document claims.

Additionally, whistleblowers allege that the hospital where Trump was treated after the shooting was not secured properly.

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