{"id":2296330,"date":"2024-07-16T12:52:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-demands-mayorkas-wray-and-cheatle-testify-about-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:54:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:54:27","slug":"green-calls-for-testimony-from-mayorkas-wray-and-cheatle-on-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-calls-for-testimony-from-mayorkas-wray-and-cheatle-on-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Green calls for testimony from Mayorkas, Wray, and Cheatle on 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\">32<\/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%2Fgreen-calls-for-testimony-from-mayorkas-wray-and-cheatle-on-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner-3%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=2296330&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 how a Republican-led House committee has called on senior federal law enforcement \u200bofficials from the Secret Service, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security to testify on Capitol Hill\u200d about the assassination\u2062 attempt of former President Donald Trump. The committee, chaired by Rep. Mark Green, has invited DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas,\u2064 FBI Director\u200d Christopher Wray, and Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to provide answers about the circumstances \u2062surrounding the attempted \u200dassassination. \u2063Green emphasizes\u200c the importance of understanding what went wrong and working together to prevent such incidents in the\u2062 future. The article also mentions that Mayorkas has been asked to provide the House with the Secret Service&#8217;s security plan for securing the venue where Trump held \u2064a rally in Pennsylvania.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\">Green demands Mayorkas, Wray, and Cheatle testify on Capitol Hill about Trump assassination attempt<\/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\/anna-giaritelli\/\">Anna Giaritelli<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-16T12:36:54-04:00\">July 16, 2024 12:36 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1703957\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A Republican-led House committee has called on senior federal law enforcement officials at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FBI<\/a>, and Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homeland-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Homeland Security<\/a> to testify on Capitol Hill next week as part of the panel&rsquo;s investigation into&nbsp;the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, invited DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify before the panel on July 23 as part of the body&rsquo;s examination of the circumstances surrounding the attempted assassination of Trump on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people want answers on what happened Saturday in Pennsylvania,&rdquo;&nbsp;Green said in a statement issued Tuesday morning. &ldquo;Secretary Mayorkas and Director Cheatle are responsible for the department and the agency charged with securing our homeland and protecting our nation&rsquo;s chief executives and candidates, while Director Wray leads the agency with the vital responsibility of investigating this attempted assassination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is imperative that we partner to understand what went wrong, and how Congress can work with the departments and agencies to ensure this never happens again,&rdquo; Green said. &ldquo;Successful oversight requires Congress to work together with these officials as they testify publicly before the House Committee on Homeland Security. The American people, and the individuals and families who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-calls-for-testimony-from-mayorkas-wray-and-cheatle-on-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner-2\/\" title=\"Green calls for testimony from Mayorkas, Wray, and Cheatle on Trump assassination attempt - Washington Examiner\">receive protective services<\/a>, deserve nothing less.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Green has asked Mayorkas, whom the House impeached earlier this year for action related to the security of the southern border, to provide lawmakers with the Secret Service&rsquo;s security plan for how it had planned to secure the perimeter of the venue where Trump rallied supporters Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabby-petitos-parents-file-lawsuit-claiming-laundries-knew-of-her-murder\/\" title=\"Gabby Petito&#039;s Parents File Lawsuit Claiming Laundries Knew of Her Murder\">lead investigating agency<\/a>, while the Secret Service is responsible for protecting Trump. The FBI is housed under the Justice Department, while the Secret Service is under the DHS.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas was also pushed to supply lawmakers with communications between the DHS and White House related to staffing of the Secret Service on Trump&rsquo;s security detail and documents regarding how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-calls-for-testimony-from-mayorkas-wray-and-cheatle-on-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Green calls for testimony from Mayorkas, Wray, and Cheatle on Trump assassination attempt - Washington Examiner\">senior law enforcement officials planned<\/a> to tell President Joe Biden about the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Green <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3084151\/fbi-conducted-nearly-100-interviews-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>spoke<\/a> Monday afternoon with a senior FBI official and learned that the FBI &ldquo;so far has conducted nearly 100 interviews&rdquo; since becoming the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shooter-had-direct-line-of-sight-to-trump-mayorkas-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Shooter had &quot;direct line of sight&quot; to Trump: Mayorkas- Washington Examiner\">lead investigative agency<\/a>. The agency had also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3084151\/fbi-conducted-nearly-100-interviews-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gained access<\/a> to the cellphone belonging to the suspected gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.<\/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_1703957\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1703957\"}});<\/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><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican-led House committee has requested senior officials from the Secret Service, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security to testify on Capitol Hill about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Rep. Mark Green, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has invited DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear before the panel on July 23 to discuss the incident. Green emphasized the importance of understanding what went wrong and working together to prevent similar events in the future. He has specifically asked Mayorkas to provide the committee with the Secret Service&#8217;s security plan for the event where Trump was targeted, as well as communications related to staffing and informing President Joe Biden about the assassination attempt. The FBI, as the lead investigating agency, has conducted nearly 100 interviews and gained access to the suspected gunman&#8217;s cellphone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2296331,"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\/mark-green-republican.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[35221,5812,5058,8676,16521],"class_list":["post-2296330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cheatle","tag-green","tag-mayorkas","tag-testimony","tag-wray"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mark-green-republican.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296330","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\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2296331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}