Secret services withheld information about a “high potential” for violence at J6.

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The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) had intelligence suggesting a “high potential for violence” before the Jan. 6 Capitol riots but failed to share that information with agents protecting then-President Donald J. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence or Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, according to a report released to Congress Thursday. The report, authored by Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, was released under pressure from Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), exposing significant failings within the agency.

Additionally, the report claims that the USSS failed to properly use explosive detection tools at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters on January 6. This oversight led Harris’ motorcade to come within 20 feet of an undetected pipe bomb.

The Homeland Security inspector general’s report said traditional explosive detection measures were not fully deployed; only canine teams conducted sweeps of the buildings. Even after the bomb was discovered, the USSS did not report the evacuation of the building as an unusual protective event.

ECHOES OF TRUMP’S RALLY FAILURES.

The report describes these failures as a reflection of deeper systemic problems within the USSS. It includes six recommendations to improve communications, training and security tactics, which were presented to USSS leadership in April, months before the attempted assassination of Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Inspector General Cuffari’s findings also suggest tensions between his office and USSS supervisors, who have disputed some of the findings. Communication problems, flawed security sweeps and inadequate threat identification, which were issues that preceded January 6, were re-identified in the subsequent rally incident. A major point was the Intelligence and Protection Assessment Division’s failure to incorporate indicators of potential violence into final assessments for VIP protection.

The report also highlighted inadequate security screening at the DNC, which failed to cover the area where the pipe bomb was placed. USSS personnel demonstrated “divergent interpretations” of security protocols, compounding the problem. Additionally, there was no proper reporting of Harris’ evacuation as an unusual protective event, even though it met the criteria for such a designation.