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Senators ''appalled'' by DHS failures, demand answers for lack of info on Trump assassination attempt

[NYPOST] Senators from both parties said Thursday that they were ''appalled'' by the security failures that led to the liquidation attempt against former President Donald Trump

...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried....
July 13 and want more information from the Department of Homeland Security ahead of an expected report on the near-tragedy.

Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee met with acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe for a closed-door briefing about the shooting in Butler, Pa. that killed Trump rally-goer Corey Comperatore and maimed the 45th president and two others.

''I think the American people will be shocked, astonished and appalled by what we will report to them about the failures of the Secret Service in this liquidation attempt of a former president,'' said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who chairs the panel's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

Posted by Fred 2024-09-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11158 views ] Top

#1 No security team or measures were too good for former President Trump. Looks like that's what he got....nothing too good.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-09-14 01:50|| 2024-09-14 01:50|| Front Page Top

#2 If Da Nang Dick Blumenthal says it's bad....

Posted by Frank G 2024-09-14 02:05|| 2024-09-14 02:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Senators haven't figured out yet they're just as ignorable as the American people to the Bureaucratic State. They're just there for window dressing.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-09-14 07:30|| 2024-09-14 07:30|| Front Page Top

#4 AFAICT the Senate can start sending out subpoenas to the SS and DOJ demanding immediate release of the content of their investigations with possible criminal contempt penalties. Start with Christopher Wray. This won't happen either.

Posted by Gromble+Dribble4342 2024-09-14 10:21|| 2024-09-14 10:21|| Front Page Top

#5 'Fail' seems to be the functional model at DHS.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-09-14 11:25|| 2024-09-14 11:25|| Front Page Top

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