{"id":2304719,"date":"2024-07-22T03:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T07:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-taps-former-obama-and-bush-administration-officials-to-investigate-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T03:11:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T07:11:19","slug":"mayorkas-appoints-ex-obama-and-bush-officials-to-probe-alleged-trump-assassination-plot-washington-examiner-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-appoints-ex-obama-and-bush-officials-to-probe-alleged-trump-assassination-plot-washington-examiner-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayorkas appoints 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-appoints-ex-obama-and-bush-officials-to-probe-alleged-trump-assassination-plot-washington-examiner-5%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=2304719&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 \u2064Mayorkas has appointed\u200b former\u2062 Obama and Bush administration officials\u200c to lead \u2063an independent investigation into the\u2062 attempted assassination of\u2062 former \u2063President Donald Trump. \u2063President Joe \u2064Biden ordered the investigation, which\u200c will be conducted over a \u206445-day period. The panel includes former\u200d DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, Frances Townsend, Mark \u200dFilip, and David Mitchell. Mayorkas expressed\u2064 gratitude for the expertise the panel members bring,\u2062 with the goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/verdict-delivered-in-death-of-ethan-liming-teen-beaten-to-death-outside-i-promise-school\/\" title=\"Verdict announced in death of Ethan Liming, teen killed outside I PROMISE School.\">preventing similar incidents<\/a> in the future. The\u2063 DHS and \u200bSecret Service have faced criticism \u200cfollowing the shooting at a rally in\u200b Pennsylvania, where the former president was shot and a rally attendee was killed. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is expected to testify before the House Oversight Committee, amid\u200c calls for her resignation.  <\/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 law enforcement officials. 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-confirms-that-some-requests-from-trump-detail-were-rejected-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Secret Service confirms that some requests from Trump detail were rejected - Washington Examiner\">reduce public exposure<\/a> 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. House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to create a task force to consolidate congressional investigations into the incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2304720,"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],"class_list":["post-2304719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bush-officials","tag-mayorkas","tag-obama-officials"],"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\/2304719","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=2304719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2304720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2304719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2304719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}