Acting Secret Service boss says he ‘cannot defend’ why roof in Trump rally shooting was not secured
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Senate lawmakers are expected Tuesday to grill the acting director of the Secret Service about law enforcement lapses in the hours before the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in the latest in a series of congressional hearings dedicated to the shooting.
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Senate lawmakers are expected Tuesday to grill the acting director of the Secret Service about law enforcement lapses in the hours before the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in the latest in a series of congressional hearings dedicated to the shooting.
Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe in a joint congressional hearing Tuesday admitted he was “ashamed” of security lapses that nearly led to the assassination of former President Donald Trump.
The Secret Service’s acting director says he considers it indefensible that the Pennsylvania roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was unsecured. Ronald
In testimony at a Senate hearing, Ronald L. Rowe Jr. also acknowledged it was the Secret Service’s responsibility to make expectations clear to the local countersnipers and that his agency might have failed to do so on the day of the assassination attempt.
Ronald Rowe is testifying Tuesday before two Senate committees. Rowe says he recently traveled to the Pennsylvania shooting site and says what he saw made him ashamed. The FBI’s No. 2 official is also testifying.
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