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At least five US Secret Service agents have been placed on administrative leave following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, US media reports.
They include the head of the Pittsburgh field office who coordinated security with local police, three other agents in the same office and a member who handled Trump's personal details, according to the BBC's US news partner CBS.
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, was wounded in the right ear by a bullet fired from the roof by Thomas Crooks, 20, at a rally in Butler on July 13.
His gunfight killed one mob member and wounded two others before he was shot dead by a Secret Service sniper.
Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Secret Service, said its investigation into "this operational failure" was ongoing, adding that agents were held to the "highest professional standards" and any violations could result in disciplinary action.
Kimberly Cheatle resigned as the agency's director shortly after confronting members of Congress in a hearing where she failed to provide specific answers about the attack and her agents' response.
She has since been replaced by Ronald Rowe as acting director.
The House of Representatives has formed a task force to investigate the operational failures that allowed Crooks to fire on the crowd.
Trump held an outdoor rally in North Carolina on Wednesday, his first since the assassination. His podium was surrounded by bulletproof glass.
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