WASHINGTON. — The director of the Secret Service of USA said on Monday that the attempted assassination of the former president Donald Trump It was the agency’s “most significant operational failure” in decades.
“On July 13 we failed,” he said. Kimberly Cheatle before the Supervisory Commission of the House of Representativeswhere the official took full responsibility for the agency’s errors related to the attack on the Trump rally in Pennsylvania.
It is Cheatle’s first appearance before lawmakers since the July 13 shooting that left one bystander dead. Trump was wounded in the ear and two other aides were injured after Thomas Matthew Crooks shot from a nearby building.
Lawmakers have expressed anger at how the attacker was able to get so close to the Republican presidential candidate when he was supposed to be under close surveillance. The Secret Service has acknowledged that years earlier rejected some requests from the Trump campaign to increase security at your events.
The secretary of National security, Alexander Mayorkasdescribed what happened as a “failure,” while several legislators have called for the Cheatle’s resignationThe Secret Service has said she has no intention of resigning and so far retains the support of the President Joe Biden and Mayorkas.
The attack on Trump was the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since he was shot Ronald Reagan in 1981. It was the latest in a series of agency security lapses that have sparked investigations and public scrutiny over the years.
Authorities have been searching for clues as to what motivated Crooks, but so far have found no clues. no ideological inclination that could help explain his actions. Investigators who searched his phone found photos of Trump, Biden and other senior government officials, and also discovered that he had searched for the dates of the Republican National Conventionas well as Trump’s appearances.
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2024-07-30 08:59:49
