House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced a hearing into the shooting at former President Trump's Pennsylvania rally that left Trump injured.
The House Oversight Committee is summoning the head of the U.S. Secret Service to testify on the deadly shooting at former President Trump's rally on Saturday night. 'Today, President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt when a gunman fired a weapon at him at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,' House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., wrote in a letter to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. 'At least one bystander is dead.
The tremendous bravery of the individual United States Secret Service agents who protected President Trump, eliminated the gunman, and possibly averted more loss of life cannot be overstated,' Comer said. 'The Committee on Oversight and Accountability has initiated an investigation into today's assassination attempt on President Trump and requests your voluntary appearance at a full Committee hearing on July 22, 2024.
The Committee has been in contact with the United States Secret Service and has just requested an official briefing for our members on the attempted assassination of President Trump this evening in Pennsylvania,' the Homeland Security Committee said in a statement. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., vowed to summon Cheatle 'and other appropriate officials from DHS and the FBI' before the House to demand answers. Meanwhile, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.
It comes after Trump was struck in the ear and another rally attendee was killed when a gunman opened fire from a nearby roof toward the beginning of the ex-president's remarks. Two more people were critically injured, according to the Secret Service, and the shooter was killed by law enforcement. Trump was escorted off-stage by a group of Secret Service agents who pounced on him immediately after he went down behind his podium, but not before pumping a fist in the air and mouthing 'fight' to his supporters. The Trump campaign indicated hours later that he would still be attending the RNC.
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