{"id":2294340,"date":"2024-07-13T22:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T02:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-moves-to-investigate-trump-rally-shooting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T22:55:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T02:55:50","slug":"congress-moves-to-investigate-trump-rally-shooting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-moves-to-investigate-trump-rally-shooting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress moves to investigate Trump rally shooting &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongress-moves-to-investigate-trump-rally-shooting-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2294340&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Congress&#8217;s decision to investigate an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-president-senior-aide-survives-assassination-attempt\/\" title=\"Ukrainian president senior aide survives assassination attempt\">apparent assassination attempt<\/a> on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. Lawmakers\u2062 from the House Homeland\u200d Security and Oversight committees have reached out to\u2064 the Secret Service for briefings and congressional testimony on the \u200battack, in \u2062which \u200cone rallygoer was killed and two critically injured. Although the former president was not seriously wounded, there are\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-is-using-animals-to-push-the-lgbt-agenda-here-are-5-abhorrent-animal-behaviors-humans-shouldnt-emulate\/\" title=\"NBC Utilizes Animals to Promote LGBT Agenda: 5 Unacceptable Animal Behaviors\">numerous questions surrounding<\/a> the incident that\u2063 Americans are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-wants-biden-to-retaliate-against-china-for-sanctions-against-trump-officials\/\" title=\"Tuberville Wants Biden to Retaliate Against China for Sanctions Against Trump Officials\">demanding answers<\/a> to. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have expressed outrage at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-to-judgement-three-crucial-questions-remain-unanswered-about-capitol-siege\/\" title=\"Rush to judgement? Three crucial questions remain unanswered about Capitol siege\">security lapses<\/a> that allowed \u200dthe shooting to occur, and thorough oversight will be conducted to ensure the American people receive answers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Congress moves to investigate Trump rally shooting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/david-sivak\/\">David Sivak<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-13T22:15:50-04:00\">July 13, 2024 10:15 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701691\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Lawmakers are taking the first steps to investigate an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081237\/suspected-shooter-and-rally-goer-dead-at-trump-rally-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>apparent assassination attempt<\/a> on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The House Homeland Security and Oversight committees announced in statements Saturday night they had been in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> and were requesting briefings and congressional testimony on the attack, in which one rallygoer was killed and two critically injured.<\/p>\n<p>The former president appeared to be shot in the ear before being rushed to safety but was not seriously wounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many questions and Americans demand answers,\u201d said Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY), who has requested a hearing with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for the bravery and quick response of the Secret Service agents,\u201d added the Homeland Security Committee, chaired by Rep. Mark Green (R-TN). \u201cWe will be conducting thorough oversight to ensure the American people receive answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers from both parties have expressed outrage at the security lapses that allowed the shooting to happen. A Secret Service spokesman said in a statement Saturday that shots were fired from an \u201celevated\u201d position outside of the rally venue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former President Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage at a campaign rally on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate demand an investigation,\u201d Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) said. \u201cThe federal government must constantly learn from security failures in order to avoid repeating them \u2013 especially when those failures have implications for the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, called on the committee to carry out a similar investigation as those being opened in the House.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701691\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701691\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress is beginning an investigation into the shooting incident at former President Donald Trump&#8217;s rally in Pennsylvania. Lawmakers are seeking answers and requesting briefings and testimony from the Secret Service. The House Homeland Security and Oversight committees are conducting oversight to ensure the American people receive answers about the security lapses that allowed the shooting to occur. Lawmakers from both parties have expressed outrage and are calling for a thorough investigation into the incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2294341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-attempt-comer-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4402,3976,34939,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2294340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-congress","tag-investigation","tag-rally-shooting","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-attempt-comer-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}