Panel on Trump assassination attempts wraps up with Secret Service pledge of improvements [View all]
Source: Nebraska Examiner
By: Shauneen Miranda - December 6, 2024 4:21 pm
WASHINGTON Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. touted multiple changes and improvements on Thursday to his agency in the wake of two assassination attempts against Donald Trump earlier this year.
Rowe testified before the bipartisan congressional task force investigating the two separate attempts on the now president-elects life. The hearing wrapped up the task forces months-long probe, and members voted unanimously to release the panels final report although a screaming match that erupted between Rowe and a Texas congressman also showed some underlying tensions.
The Secret Service, which is housed within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has been under intense scrutiny after a gunman opened fire at a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, striking Trumps ear, killing one person and wounding two others. The gunman was killed at the scene.
Authorities then investigated a second apparent assassination attempt against Trump just two months later near Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The suspect has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
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