Senators appalled by Dept. of Homeland Security failure

 NY Post:

Senators from both parties said Thursday that they were “appalled” by the security failures that led to the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump 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 wounded 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 assassination attempt of a former president,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who chairs the panel’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

“But I think they also ought to be appalled and astonished by the failure of the Department of Homeland Security to be more forthcoming, to be as candid and frank as it should be to them in terms of providing information,” he added after exiting the briefing.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the top Republican on the investigatory subcommittee, said members expressed “frustration” with Rowe during the briefing.
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“It’s going to identify very specific errors that were made in this,” added committee Ranking Member Rand Paul (R-Ky.). “To me, it’s still inexcusable that a guy for 90 minutes before a rally has a rangefinder and you don’t stop the proceeding.”

Peters, Paul, Johnson and Blumenthal stressed that the probe has been and the report will be entirely bipartisan. Johnson said he expects the preliminary document to be released before Congress breaks for its pre-election recess at the end of this month.
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Agents on the ground got the message that Crooks was a “threat” just 10 minutes before Trump began speaking — but failed to act.
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I have seen no explanation for the failure to act on the threat before the shooting started.  They should have kept President Trump from going on stage until after they captured the shooter or took him out. 

See also:

Congress: The FBI Is Slow Rolling Information About the Guy Who Tried to Kill Trump

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