Secret Service Agent Suspended Over Unreported Foreign Marriage

A U.S. Secret Service agent involved in security planning for the July 13, 2024, rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where an assassination attempt targeted former President Donald Trump, has been suspended for the third time in 18 months. Myosoty Miyo Perez, who served as the site agent responsible for coordinating protections at the event, is now on administrative leave pending an internal investigation into her failure to promptly report a marriage to a Brazilian national.

The Butler rally drew thousands of attendees when gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, positioned on the sloped roof of the nearby American Glass Research building, fired shots that grazed Trump's ear, fatally wounded spectator Corey Comperatore, a retired firefighter, and injured two other individuals. A Secret Service countersniper neutralized Crooks shortly after. Congressional reviews later identified multiple security lapses, including the absence of personnel on the rooftop despite its line-of-sight vulnerability to the stage. Investigators faulted Perez for not assigning assets to secure the building and raised concerns about placing an inexperienced agent in a lead operational role for such a large outdoor...