Two men shot at Trump's Butler rally sue federal government over Secret Service 'preventable failures'

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. ‘Fox News @ Night’ panelists discuss President Donald Trump calling for cooperation for Minnesota leadership and the incident at Rep. Ilhan Omar's town hall. Two men who were shot at the Pennsylvania rally where a gunman tried to assassinate Donald Trump are suing the federal government. James Copenhaver and David Dutch alleged in separate but similar lawsuits filed Monday in the Western District of Pennsylvania that the U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were grossly negligent in their failure to secure the event premises in Butler, Pennsylvania. The lawsuits specifically cite the AGR Complex roof used by the shooter, Thomas Crooks. The lawsuits name the United States government as the defendant, and the plaintiffs are joined in the legal action by their wives. "Congressional investigations also reviewed the USSS’s fai