Multiple members of the U.S. Secret Service agency have been put on leave. 

Fox News reports that this comes in response to the assassination attempt that was carried out on former President Donald Trump last month.

Per the outlet:

At least five members of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) have been placed on administrative leave following the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Fox News has confirmed.

Among those placed on leave is a member of Trump's personal protective team.

The details

In addition to the member of Trump's personal protective team, four members of the Secret Service's Pittsburgh Field Office - including one special agent in charge - have also been put on leave.

The leave, according to Fox, has already been going on for six weeks. The outlet reports, "The five are still employed but are teleworking and are no longer allowed in the field. They cannot do any investigative work."

This comes as the agency continues to investigate that assassination attempt. There, of course, remain several big unanswered questions about the incident.

The special agent in charge who has been put on leave, according to the Daily Mail, is Pennsylvania Secret Service chief Timothy Burke.

"A source briefed on the events of the July 13 shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, told DailyMail.com that Burke was not on the ground that day, but that his role included approving the advance security plan for Trump’s campaign rally," the outlet reports.

More info comes to light

Several members of Congress - including U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) - have been receiving whistleblower information about what led up to the assassination attempt on Trump.

Fox reports:

Separately, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Friday revealed that a Secret Service whistleblower has come forward to claim that officials at Secret Service headquarters encouraged agents in charge of the rally not to request any extra security assets in their formal planning request.

Further details on the situation remain unclear.

The Secret Service continues to try to get to the bottom of what happened.

Anthony Guglielmi, the agency's chief of communications, has put out a statement, saying:

The U.S. Secret Service’s mission assurance review is progressing, and we are examining the processes, procedures, and factors that led to this operational failure. The U.S. Secret Service holds our personnel to the highest professional standards, and any identified and substantiated violations of policy will be investigated by the Office of Professional Responsibility for potential disciplinary action. Given this is a personnel matter, we are not in a position to comment further.