Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is slated to testify before the House Oversight Committee next week as part of Congress’ effort to get answers following Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Titled “Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump,” the hearing, scheduled for July 22, will examine how security lapses led to a would-be assassin accessing a rooftop within firing range of Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“The United States Secret Service has a no-fail mission, yet it failed on Saturday when a madman attempted to assassinate President Trump, killed an innocent victim, and harmed others,” Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., said in a statement. “We are grateful to the brave Secret Service agents who acted quickly to protect President Trump after shots were fired and the American patriots who sought to help victims, but questions remain about how a rooftop within proximity to President Trump was left unsecure.
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