{"id":2295572,"date":"2024-07-15T18:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T22:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-launches-bipartisan-investigations-into-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T18:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T22:27:43","slug":"congress-launches-bipartisan-investigations-into-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-launches-bipartisan-investigations-into-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress launches bipartisan investigations into Trump assassination attempt &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-launches-bipartisan-investigations-into-trump-assassination-attempt-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=2295572&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>Lawmakers in both the House \u200cand Senate \u2063are launching a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-push-to-rein-in-big-tech-as-federal-gears-grind-slow\/\" title=\"States Push to Rein in Big Tech as Federal Gears Grind Slow\">bipartisan investigation<\/a> into the Secret Service&#8217;s security failures that led to an\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a> against \u2063former President\u2062 Donald Trump. The\u2062 investigation will\u2062 look\u2064 into the series\u2062 of security failures that allowed a shooter to harm the former \u2064president at a rally in Pennsylvania. Both Senate and\u200b House committees are planning hearings and briefings with relevant\u200c government agencies\u200c to understand what went wrong and how to prevent such incidents in the future. \u200dAdditionally, they will focus on different aspects of\u200d the security agencies involved, such as the \u2062Secret Service, FBI, and other government \u2062departments. The\u200d goal is to ensure the safety of presidential candidates and elected\u200d officials \u2064in the future.  <\/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 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Giaritelli<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-15T18:19:52-04:00\">July 15, 2024 6:19 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1703971\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Lawmakers in both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Secret Service\">House<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Secret Service\">Senate<\/a> are launching a sprawling multicommittee investigation into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Secret Service\">Secret Service<\/a>\u2019s security failures that resulted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-elections-live-updates-biden-trump-house-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Secret Service\">assassination attempt <\/a>against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"former President Donald Trump\">former President Donald Trump<\/a> at a rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>The Senate Homeland Security Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/Assassination-Attempt-Shooting-Member-Briefing-Request-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced<\/a> it will launch a bipartisan investigation looking into the series of security failures that allowed a shooter to scale a building hundreds of feet away from a stage where Trump was standing, where the former president was grazed by a bullet, one person was killed, and at least two others were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) and ranking member Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/750718521\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-cZRAIcodV9eTgu5YwVnS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray, urging them to comply with a public hearing before the August recess. They also requested a private briefing \u201con the security failures that allowed this alarming incident to transpire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to understand the security posture at the Trump campaign rally, how the suspect was able to get this close to a Secret Service protectee and cause injury to the protectee, and what steps the Department is taking to increase its protection of presidential candidates and ensure the safety of the election,\u201d the senators wrote in their letter.<\/p>\n<p>Peters told reporters on Monday that he \u201cspoke at length\u201d with Mayorkas on Sunday and will receive a briefing on Monday from the FBI as well. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to make sure that the Secret Service and other law enforcement have the resources necessary to protect presidents and former presidents, as well as other elected officials,\u201d he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4772925-senate-homeland-security-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reporting<\/a> from the<em> Hill. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Michigan senator, who is also chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said the investigation and hearing would be similar to what the panel did in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did a comprehensive assessment of security after Jan. 6. In that investigation, we had a number of recommendations, and a significant number of those recommendations have now been incorporated into the security practices here at the Capitol,\u201d Peters added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Homeland Security Committee<\/a> Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) and ranking member Bennie Thompson (D-MS) will have a private call with FBI Executive Assistant Director Robert R. Wells at some point Monday, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cabinet-pick-in-doubt-after-senate-committees-postpone-hearings\/\" title=\"Biden Cabinet Pick In Doubt After Senate Committees Postpone Hearings\">committee aide<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Oversight Committee<\/a> will get a virtual briefing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> on Tuesday, according to a source familiar. In addition to the briefing, members are expecting Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear before a hearing of the committee on July 22, according to the same source.  <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Republicans on his committee are sending a letter to Cheatle on Monday calling for the preservation of documents and communications regarding the Butler, Pennsylvania campaign rally.<\/p>\n<p>Two aides familiar with planning procedures told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Monday that the three committees would largely stick to their areas of jurisdiction. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has greater jurisdiction over all government agencies and departments. At present, Oversight Republicans have chosen to focus on the Secret Service.<\/p>\n<p>The House Judiciary Committee will focus efforts on the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Both agencies are housed under the Justice Department. The House Homeland Security Committee will focus on the Department of Homeland Security and its agency the Secret Service. Led by Green, Homeland Republicans led the charge earlier this year as the House impeached Mayorkas on two charges for actions related to the southern border crisis. More illegal immigrants have been encountered at the nation\u2019s border under President Joe Biden than any two-term administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3040245\/who-is-jd-vance-trump-2024-vp-shortlist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO IS JD VANCE? MEET TRUMP\u2019S PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, Cheatle said the Secret Service would cooperate with an independent review announced by Biden, in addition to working with \u201cthe appropriate Congressional committees on any oversight action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secret Service is working with all involved Federal, state and local agencies to understand what happened, how it happened, and how we can prevent an incident like this from ever taking place again. We understand the importance of the independent review announced by President Biden yesterday and will participate fully,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans suggested the security failures should go a step further. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) called on Cheatle and Mayorkas to resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe head of Secret Service should resign. So should the head of DHS,\u201d Cruz said in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1812869566071972195\">X<\/a>, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The head of Secret Service should resign. <\/p>\n<p>So should the head of DHS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zKB2Fdq0Jh\">https:\/\/t.co\/zKB2Fdq0Jh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1812869566071972195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> <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_1703971\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1703971\"}});<\/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 launching bipartisan investigations into the security failures of the Secret Service that led to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are looking into how a shooter was able to get close to Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania, resulting in injuries and a death. The investigations will involve multiple committees and will focus on improving security measures for presidential candidates and elected officials. Members of Congress are also calling for the resignation of the heads of the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3301,"featured_media":2295573,"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-rally-shooting-1-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3667,4402,8327,34974,32076],"class_list":["post-2295572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bipartisan","tag-congress","tag-investigations","tag-trump-assassination-attempt","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-rally-shooting-1-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295572","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\/3301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}