{"id":2304674,"date":"2024-07-22T02:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T06:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-taps-former-obama-and-bush-administration-officials-to-investigate-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T02:24:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T06:24:02","slug":"mayorkas-enlists-ex-obama-and-bush-officials-to-probe-alleged-trump-assassination-plot-washington-examiner-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-enlists-ex-obama-and-bush-officials-to-probe-alleged-trump-assassination-plot-washington-examiner-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayorkas enlists ex-Obama and Bush officials to probe alleged Trump assassination plot &#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\">30<\/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%2Fmayorkas-enlists-ex-obama-and-bush-officials-to-probe-alleged-trump-assassination-plot-washington-examiner-11%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=2304674&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>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed former officials from \u2064both the Obama and Bush administrations to lead an independent investigation into the attempted \u2064assassination of former President Donald Trump. This investigation, ordered by \u2062President Joe Biden, will take place over \u2062a 45-day period and \u200caims to\u2063 provide actionable \u2062recommendations \u2062to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evacuation-order-lifted-after-explosion-at-worlds-largest-railyard-spews-toxic-smoke\/\" title=\"Evacuation lifted post explosion at world&#039;s biggest railyard, toxic smoke dispersed.\">prevent \u2064similar incidents<\/a> in the future. The panel includes \u200bformer DHS\u2062 Secretary Janet Napolitano,\u2064 Frances Townsend, Mark Filip, and \u200bDavid Mitchell. The shooting \u200cincident at Trump&#8217;s rally has \u2063put the DHS and\u2062 the Secret Service under\u200b increased \u2064scrutiny, \u2063with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle\u200b facing calls to resign and expected to testify before the House\u2062 Oversight\u2064 Committee.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mayorkas taps former Obama and Bush administration officials to investigate 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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1708335\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alejandro Mayorkas\">Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> has released the names of the members who will lead the independent investigation into the attempted assassination of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald%20trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The independent investigation, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081790\/biden-orders-independent-investigation-into-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"was ordered by\">was ordered by<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"was ordered by\">Joe Biden<\/a> last week, taps former Homeland Security officials who served under previous administrations, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-radio-reporter-arrested-for-firebombing-police-cars\/\" title=\"Public Radio \u201cReporter\u201d Arrested For Firebombing Police Cars\">law enforcement officials<\/a>. The panel&rsquo;s investigation will take place over a 45-day period, according to a press release sent out by the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The panel includes former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, who served under President Barack Obama; Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security advisor to President George W. Bush; Mark Filip, a former federal judge and deputy attorney general to Bush; and David Mitchell, the former superintendent of the Maryland State Police and former secretary of the Delaware Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are committed to getting to the bottom of what happened on July 13, and I am grateful to the distinguished members of this independent review who will bring decades of expertise in law enforcement and security operations to this important investigation,&rdquo; said Mayorkas in a statement. &ldquo;This independent review will examine what happened and provide actionable recommendations to ensure they carry out their no-fail mission most effectively and to prevent something like this from ever happening again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas may invite additional members to the panel in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>The DHS and the Secret Service have been under increased scrutiny following the shooting at Trump&rsquo;s Bulter County, Pennsylvania, rally, in which 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot the former president, killed one rally attendee, and injured two others.<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has been faced with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3089929\/secret-service-director-resignation-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"calls to resign\">calls to resign<\/a> in the week since the shooting and is expected to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee on Monday. Cheatle has resisted calls for her to step down, though she did admit that the shooting was &ldquo;unacceptable&rdquo; in an interview with ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The buck stops with me,&rdquo; Cheatle said, noting that as the director of the Secret Service, the responsibility to investigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-appoints-ex-obama-and-bush-officials-to-probe-alleged-trump-assassination-plot-washington-examiner-2\/\" title=\"Mayorkas appoints ex-Obama and Bush officials to probe alleged Trump assassination plot - Washington Examiner\">security lapses falls<\/a> on her. &ldquo;I need to make sure that we are performing a review and that we are giving resources to our personnel as necessary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who is among the Republicans calling on Cheatle to resign, announced on Monday that he plans to create a special task force to consolidate congressional investigations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service admitted on Saturday that it had denied requests from the former president&rsquo;s team for increased security and resources.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In some instances where specific Secret Service specialized units or resources were not provided, the agency made modifications to ensure the security of the protectee,&rdquo; U.S. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;This may include utilizing state or local partners to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-confirms-that-some-requests-from-trump-detail-were-denied-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Secret Service confirms that some requests from Trump detail were denied - Washington Examiner\">provide specialized functions<\/a> or otherwise identifying alternatives to reduce public exposure of a protectee.&rdquo;<\/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_1708335\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1708335\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayorkas has selected former officials from the Obama and Bush administrations to investigate the attempted assassination of Trump. The panel will include experts in law enforcement and security operations and will provide recommendations to prevent similar incidents in the future. The investigation will last 45 days and additional members may be added. The Secret Service has faced criticism for security lapses leading up to the shooting, and Director Cheatle is expected to testify before Congress. Cheatle has acknowledged the failures and is conducting a review to ensure proper resources are provided. House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to create a task force to consolidate congressional investigations into the incident. The Secret Service admitted to denying requests for increased security for Trump&#8217;s rally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2304675,"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\/alejandro-mayorkas-dhs.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35764,5058,35775,35776,32076],"class_list":["post-2304674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bush-officials","tag-mayorkas","tag-obama-officials","tag-trump-assassination-plot","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/alejandro-mayorkas-dhs.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304674","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\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2304674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2304675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2304674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2304674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}