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 failures on the day of the assassination attempt, including Senate findings which concluded that the USSS’s failures directly led to the shooting complained of herein, including, but not limited to, that the USSS’s conduct consisted of a “cascade of preventable failures,” the lawsuit states.

Dutch was shot in the abdomen and underwent multiple surgeries. Copenhaver was struck by two bullets in the abdomen and left arm, and fragments remain lodged in his body following the shooting, according to his complaint.

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