Donald Trump was still receiving treatment from a failed assassination attempt when senior Republican politicians started demanding answers from the US Secret Service.
Tasked with keeping the former president safe, the elite security agency's failure to prevent Mr Trump being shot in the ear at a public rally has left its senior leaders facing congressional questions.
The Secret Service includes both highly-visible bodyguards and advancers that assess threats in before the politician arrives at an event. The bodyguards were the first to storm the stage and cover Mr Trump when the gunfire rang out in western Pennsylvania. The Secret Service didn't attend the press conference but in a statement said a suspected shooter fired "multiple shots" at Mr Trump, killing one spectator and critically injuring two others. The Secret Service confirmed it killed the shooter, who the FBI later identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crook.Mr Trump was standing on a stage when he was shot from a nearby rooftop.
"In their defence, what I would want to say is it's incredibly difficult to have a venue open to the public and to secure that against any possible threat, against a very determined attacker," he said.
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