The second assassination attempt on Donald Trump sparked calls from President Joe Biden and lawmakers to bolster the Secret Service protection for the former president with either more resources, strategic changes or more agency oversight.
On Monday, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., issued a report based on information he says he’s collected from whistleblowers saying the agency suffers from “a compounding pattern of negligence, sloppiness, and gross incompetence that goes back years.”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., sounded the alarm last Thursday when, after a closed-door meeting, he said the American public will be “shocked” and “appalled” when lawmakers release their interim report on the assassination attempt.
The bipartisan task force charged with examining the failure to protect Trump at the Butler rally in July — led by Reps. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Colo. — issued a joint statement calling on the Secret Service to come before Congress to address the situation.
“We have requested a briefing with the U.S. Secret Service about what happened and how security responded,” Kelly and Crow said. “We are thankful that the former President was not harmed, but remain deeply concerned about political violence and condemn it in all of its forms.”
Meanwhile, Trump in the aftermath of the second attempt on his life during the election has placed the blame on Kamala Harris, accusing his Democratic opponent of dangerously elevating political rhetoric (an accusation...
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