The Secret Service's now-top leader Ronald Rowe admitted he had no defense as for why the rooftop where Thomas Matthew Crooks fired shots toward Trump was left open.
The Secret Service's now-top leader Ronald Rowe admitted he had no defense as for why the rooftop where Thomas Matthew Crooks fired shots toward former President Trump was left open.
Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle had been criticized for not visiting the rally site prior to her hearing on Capitol Hill last week, which prompted her resignation. Acting Director Rowe and Deputy Secret Service Director Paul Abbate testified in a rare joint Senate hearing on Tuesday Rowe and Abbate spoke to the Judiciary and Homeland Security committees after their boss, Cheatle submitted her resignation last week after a six-hour-long hearing where Republicans and Democrats accused her of stonewalling.July 7: Crooks travels to rally site to spend 20 minutes doing reconnaissanceJuly 13, 10 a.m.
Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., asked why more action wasn't taken when Crooks was seen to be holding a range finder 30 minutes before the shooting. '—What more do you need to investigate? To know exactly what you need to investigate to know the failures that something ought to be held accountable? What more do you need to know?' Hawley interjected.
Bombshell new text messages between the Beaver County emergency services team from the days leading up to the rally show that there was a staffing shortage. New messages, bodycam footage and law enforcement debrief were obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who is conducting oversight of the event.
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