{"id":2315947,"date":"2024-07-30T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-didnt-see-trump-shooter-until-they-heard-gunshots-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T10:59:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:59:08","slug":"secret-service-didnt-see-trump-shooter-until-they-heard-gunshots-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-didnt-see-trump-shooter-until-they-heard-gunshots-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service didn&#8217;t see Trump shooter &#8216;until they heard gunshots&#8217; &#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\">26<\/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%2Fsecret-service-didnt-see-trump-shooter-until-they-heard-gunshots-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=2315947&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>In a recent Senate hearing, acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe testified \u2062about\u2063 security failures during an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Rowe revealed that neither \u2064the Secret Service&#8217;s countersniper teams nor Trump&#8217;s security detail were aware of the shooter on a nearby roof until gunshots were heard. He described the situation as a &#8220;failure on multiple levels&#8221; and pledged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-construction-workers-fall-into-chesapeake-only-one-survives\/\" title=\"Seven construction workers tragically fall into Chesapeake Bay, leaving only one as the lone survivor\">implement corrective actions<\/a> following the incident. Rowe stepped \u2064into the leadership role after the resignation of\u2064 Kimberly Cheatle, who faced criticism for her inadequate\u200d responses \u200bduring a \u2063prior testimony. He emphasized the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-military-asks-public-for-help-after-f-35-goes-missing-in-mishap\/\" title=\"US Military seeks public assistance in locating missing F-35 after incident.\">improved security measures<\/a> and took accountability for \u2062the lapses \u200dobserved at the rally site. The hearing also featured input from FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate, as both officials\u2063 addressed issues related to the agency&#8217;s communication system.  <\/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\">Secret Service agents didn&rsquo;t see Trump shooter &lsquo;until they heard gunshots&rsquo;: Acting director<\/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_1716796\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Acting <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> Director Ronald Rowe said on Tuesday that neither the Secret Service countersniper teams nor members of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s security detail had &ldquo;any knowledge&rdquo; that there was a shooter with a gun on the roof.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is my understanding those personnel were not aware the assailant had a firearm until they heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/assassination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"gunshots\">gunshots<\/a>,&rdquo; Rowe said.<\/p>\n<p>Senators on both the Homeland and Judiciary committees came together to hear from Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate about the agency&rsquo;s &ldquo;problematic communication system&rdquo; and security failures that allowed a 20-year-old man to access a nearby building and take shots at the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Rowe called the assassination attempt of Trump a &ldquo;failure on multiple levels&rdquo; and said he would &ldquo;not wait for the results&rdquo; of multiple federal inquiries &ldquo;to assess where we failed that day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate and Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe testify before two Senate committees on July 30, 2024, about the security lapses that led to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rowe took over as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-trump-to-meet-with-acting-defense-secretary-chris-miller-in-the-oval-office-at-330-pm\/\" title=\"DEVELOPING: Trump to Meet with Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller in the Oval Office at 3:30 PM\">acting director<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3095494\/secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-resigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kimberly Cheatle resigned<\/a> from the position following her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3094290\/takeaways-secret-service-cheatle-congressional-grilling-trump-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lackluster testimony<\/a> before the House Oversight Committee last Monday. She angered both Democrats and Republicans with her inability to share details of the shooting due to it being an &ldquo;ongoing investigation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The acting director said he has implemented &ldquo;corrective actions&rdquo; to the Secret Service since stepping into the leadership role, including visiting the Butler rally site. Cheatle never visited the site, a fact for which House Oversight members blasted her.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I saw made me ashamed,&rdquo; Rowe said regarding his view of the roof at the rally site. &ldquo;As a career law enforcement officer and a 25-year veteran with the Secret Service, I cannot defend why that roof was not better secured.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate hearing comes after Rowe gave a closed-door briefing on the assassination attempt to Judiciary and Homeland Security committee members on July 25.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;During the closed-door briefing, Acting Director Rowe was committed to providing details and answering questions that could not be answered in Monday&rsquo;s public Congressional hearing due to operational security and ongoing investigations,&rdquo; the Secret Service said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) called the assassination attempt an &ldquo;inexcusable security and planning failure.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Senate Homeland Security Committee ranking member Rand Paul (R-KY) said the committee requested interviews with the Secret Service agents who were in charge of security at the rally, but the committee has &ldquo;not been allowed to speak with them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I expect Director Rowe today to tell us when we will be allowed to talk to these people,&rdquo; Paul said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Lindsey Graham (R-SC) expressed frustration with the fact that no one had been disciplined or removed from their position in the weeks after the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Somebody&rsquo;s got to be fired,&rdquo; Graham said. &ldquo;Nothing&rsquo;s going to change until someone loses their job.&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_1716796\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1716796\"}});<\/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>Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe stated on Tuesday that neither the countersniper teams nor Trump\u2019s security detail were aware of a shooter on the roof until they heard gunfire. He explained that those personnel did not know the assailant was armed until after shots were fired. Senators from both the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees convened to hear from Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate regarding issues with communication systems and security failures that allowed a 20-year-old man to shoot at Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Rowe described the attempt on Trump&#8217;s life as a &#8220;failure on multiple levels&#8221; and indicated he would not wait for federal investigations to conclude before evaluating what went wrong that day.<\/p>\n<p>Rowe took over as acting director following Kimberly Cheatle&#8217;s resignation after her unsatisfactory testimony before the House Oversight Committee, where she frustrated both parties by withholding details due to ongoing investigations. Since assuming his role, Rowe has implemented &#8220;corrective actions,&#8221; including visiting the rally site\u2014something Cheatle had not done, which drew criticism from House Oversight members. He expressed shame over what he observed at the site, stating he could not justify why security was inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate hearing followed a closed-door briefing by Rowe for committee members about the assassination attempt. The Secret Service noted that during this briefing, Rowe was dedicated to providing information that could not be shared publicly due to operational security concerns. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Gary Peters labeled the incident an \u201cinexcusable security and planning failure.\u201d Meanwhile, ranking member Rand Paul mentioned their request for interviews with agents responsible for rally security had been denied, urging Director Rowe to clarify when these discussions would occur.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Lindsey Graham voiced frustration over no disciplinary actions taken against anyone involved in light of recent events, asserting that accountability is necessary for change: \u201cSomebody\u2019s got to be fired,\u201d Graham insisted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2315948,"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\/Secret_Service_hearing_4-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34942,34163,6842,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2315947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-gunshots","tag-secret-service","tag-shooter","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Secret_Service_hearing_4-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315947","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}